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Bernd Bransch

ベルント・ブランシュ　/　べるんと・ぶらんしゅ

Association football player from Germany

September 24, 1944 – June 11, 2022　・　Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Saxony-Anhalt
association football player

My Take

Bransch fascinates me less as a sweeper than as a witness to a vanished country. Playing for East Germany meant carrying ideology on your shoulders alongside the ball, and earning the Patriotic Order of Merit marks him as a figure the state itself wanted to honor. The sweeper role demanded intelligence and nerve, the last line before disaster. When he passed in 2022, a piece of football history that no longer has a flag went with him. I think players like Bransch deserve quiet respect precisely because the world they performed in has dissolved.

Overview

Bernd Bransch (24 September 1944 – 11 June 2022) was a footballer from East Germany who played as a sweeper.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Bernd Bransch
Name (Japanese): ベルント・ブランシュ
Reading: べるんと・ぶらんしゅ
Born: September 24, 1944 – June 11, 2022
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Monkey
Origin: Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5

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