Bundesliga

All 37 players who played a maximum of one minute in the BL

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2 months ago

December 13, 2022

They are the Bundesliga’s one-hit wonders! So far, 37 players in the history of the German upper house have been able to book exactly one game – over just one minute of playing time.

In the current season alone, three new players have been added.

Important note from a statistical point of view: If the players were substituted on in the 90th minute, the injury time does not play a role in the calculation.

Let’s start with the overview of all actors!

DETLEV SPINCKE

For Hamburger SV on January 24, 1976 against Offenbacher Kickers.

STEPHAN WOLFF (2nd from right)

For KFC Uerdingen 05 on December 2, 1989 against Karlsruher SC.

TAIFOUR DIANE

For Bayer Leverkusen on December 3, 1994 against 1. FC Köln.

BORISLAV TOMOSKI

For Hansa Rostock on October 18, 1997 against FC Schalke 04.

OCTAY KUDAY

For Karlsruher SC on December 13, 1997 against TSV 1860 Munich.

ADEM KAPIC

For MSV Duisburg on December 20, 1997 against VfL Bochum.

PETER SCHYRBA

For MSV Duisburg on April 14, 1999 at Hertha BSC.

STEFFEN HOFMANN

For Bayern Munich on October 27, 2001 at 1. FC Köln.

Hofmann was unable to assert himself at Bayern, but he did have an impressive career at Rapid Wien and became a legend in Austria after 540 competitive games (128 goals, 208 assists). Today sports coordinator and assistant coach of Rapid.

FLORIAN THORWART

For Borussia Dortmund on November 16, 2002 against TSV 1860 Munich.

Thorwart played for Borussia from 1998 to 2003. In the 1-0 home win against the Löwen, he came in for Tomas Rosicky – four seconds later it was over.

He spoke about this experience in May 2022 in an interview with SPOX and GOAL spoken – this way!

To this day he is the record holder for the shortest BL mission of all time, but there was a bonus of 1666 euros. Later he played for Schalke. Today he is employed by the city of Dortmund and has nothing to do with football anymore. The reason: boring.

STEFAN LORENZ

For VfL Wolfsburg on March 8, 2003 against FC Energie Cottbus.

CHRISTIAN KNIGHT

For VfL Wolfsburg on February 21, 2004 against TSV 1860 Munich.

HENNING GRIENEISEN

For Arminia Bielefeld on September 28, 2004 at Hannover 96.

JOSEPH LAUMANN

For FC Schalke 04 on September 24, 2005 against Hannover 96.

MARK HEPPKE

For FC Schalke 04 on November 18, 2006 at FC Energie Cottbus.

ROBERT MUELLER

For Hertha BSC on November 25, 2006 against Alemannia Aachen.

It didn’t work out in the Bundesliga, but with 348 games for Wehen Wiesbaden, Aalen, Carl Zeiss Jena, Holstein Kiel, Hansa Rostock, Unterhaching, Cottbus and Uerdingen, Müller became the record player in the 3rd division.

AMADEUS WALLSCHGER

For Hertha BSC on November 25, 2006 against Alemannia Aachen.

MANUEL JUNGLAS

For Alemannia Aachen on March 17, 2007 against Arminia Bielefeld.

TIMO KUNERT

For FC Schalke 04 on April 7, 2007 against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Kunert played with Manuel Neuer and Mesut Özil at S04, but he was denied a really big career. But he appeared with eye-catching hairstyles.

In an interview with SPOX and GOAL, Kunert talked about his unusual appearance and explained why his hairstyles at the time haunted him throughout his career – this way!

ALEXANDER DERCHO

For Eintracht Frankfurt on December 6, 2008 against VfL Bochum.

TOBIAS NICKENIG

For 1. FC Köln on December 13, 2008 at VfL Bochum.

LUBOS HANZEL

For FC Schalke 04 on December 12, 2009 at SV Werder Bremen.

ANDRE FOMITSCHOW

For Fortuna Düsseldorf on November 27, 2012 at Borussia Dortmund.

KORAY GÜNTER

For Borussia Dortmund on October 5, 2013 at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

It shouldn’t be for Günter in the Bundesliga, but things went much better for him abroad: he played 50 competitive games for Galatasaray, and since 2018 and his move to Italy 116 games in Serie A have been added.