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My Take
Bernhard Cullmann represents an era of football I genuinely admire. 341 Bundesliga appearances for a single club, 1. FC Köln, is a number that speaks of loyalty as much as durability, and that kind of one-club devotion has nearly vanished from the modern game. I like that he was versatile enough to play midfield and defence, and that he stayed in the sport as a coach rather than walking away. Retiring on health grounds in 1984 only underlines how much he gave physically. To me he is less a list of stats than a model of how to commit fully to a club and then pass the game on.
Overview
Bernhard Cullmann (born 1 November 1949), nicknamed "Bernd", is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder and sometimes as a defender. He began his footballing career in 1969 with SpVgg Porz, until he was signed by 1. FC Köln in 1970. He played 341 matches in the Bundesliga for them before his retirement on health grounds in 1984.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bernhard Cullmann
- Name (Japanese)
- ベルンハルト・クルマン
- Reading
- べるんはると・くるまん
- Born
- November 1, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Rötsweiler-Nockenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.