Ralf Zumdick

Ralf Christoph Bernard Zumdick (born 10 May 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After his career (21 2. Bundesliga, 282 Bundesliga games; one goal) Zumdick was assistant coach at VfL Bochum from 1995 until 1999. Zumdick is often cited as the player who pioneered the practice of the penalty-taking-goalkeeper when he scored against Andreas Köpke in 1988.^[2] He was most recently manager Thomas Doll's assistant coach at APOEL.

Ralf Zumdick

Zumdick with Thomas Doll in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Ralf Christoph Bernard Zumdick[1]
Date of birth	(1958-05-10) 10 May 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth	Münster, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1976–1980	Preußen Münster
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	Preußen Münster	20	(0)
1981–1995	VfL Bochum	283	(1)
International career
1985–1990	West Germany Olympic	3	(0)
1986	West Germany B	1	(0)
Managerial career
1995–1999	VfL Bochum (assistant coach)
1999–2001	VfL Bochum
2002	Asante Kotoko Kumasi
2003	Ghana
2003–2007	Hamburger SV (assistant coach)
2007–2008	Borussia Dortmund (assistant coach)
2009–2010	Gençlerbirliği (assistant coach)
2010–2011	Gençlerbirliği
2011–2012	Persepolis (assistant coach)
2013–2018	Ferencváros (assistant coach)
2019	Hannover 96 (assistant coach)
2019	APOEL (assistant coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Preußen Münster	1980–81	2. Bundesliga	20	0	0	0	20	0
VfL Bochum	1981–82	Bundesliga	18	0	4	0	22	0
	1982–83		33	0	5	0	38	0
	1983–84		31	0	1	0	32	0
	1984–85		34	0	2	0	36	0
	1985–86		10	0	4	0	14	0
	1986–87		34	0	1	0	35	0
	1987–88		29	1	6	0	35	1
	1988–89		29	0	2	0	31	0
	1989–90		17	0	2	0	19	0
	1990–91		0	0	0	0	0	0
	1991–92		28	0	0	0	28	0
	1992–93		19	0	0	0	19	0
	1993–94	2. Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1994–95	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		283	1	27	0	310	1
Career total			303	1	27	0	330	1