Ralf Sträßer

Ralf Sträßer (born 20 June 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Ralf Sträßer

Sträßer in 1987
Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-06-20) 20 June 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth	Berlin, East Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	TSV Markt-Bibart (Manager)
Youth career
1966–1968	BSG Post Berlin
1968–1976	BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1984	BFC Dynamo	144	(39)
1984–1987	Union Berlin	79	(38)
1987–1989	Carl Zeiss Jena	37	(10)
1989–1990	BSG Jenaer Glaswek
1990	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1990–1991	TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
1991–1995	TSV 1860 Scheinfeld
1995–1996	TSV Markt-Bibart
1996–1997	ASV Ippesheim
International career
	East Germany U-18	9	(0)
	East Germany U-21	15	(3)
1982–1986	East Germany	4	(0)
1986	East Germany Olympic	2	(0)
Managerial career
	ASV Ippesheim
2008–2009	TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
2009–2011	RSV Sugenheim
2012-	TSV Markt-Bibart
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Berlin, Sträßer began playing football for the BSG Post Berlin at eight years old and joined the youth department the BFC Dynamo two years later. He took the leap into the first team of BFC Dynamo, after making appearance for the second team in the DDR-Liga. He made his debut for the first team of BFC Dynamo against FC Vorwärts Frankfurt in the 11th match day of the 1976–77 season on 2 December 1976. Sträßer scored his first goal for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga on the East German national goalkeeper Jürgen Croy away against BSG Sachsenring Zwickau in the following matchday.

Sträßer played in the East German top division for BFC Dynamo, 1. FC Union Berlin and FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In 226 matches he managed to score 68 goals.^[1] He became six times East German football champion in a row with BFC Dynamo.

Sträßer, who was part of the East German Under 21 team which won the silver medal at the European Under-21 Championship 1980, won four caps for East Germany.^[2]

He is the father of Carsten Sträßer.