Max Lorenz (footballer)

Max Lorenz
Lorenz in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-08-19)19 August 1939
Place of birth Bremen, Gau Weser-Ems, Germany
Date of death 24 October 2025(2025-10-24) (aged 86)
Place of death Bremen, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
SV Hemelingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1960 SV Hemelingen
1960–1969 Werder Bremen 250 (26)
1969–1972 Eintracht Braunschweig 71 (2)
Total 321 (28)
International career
1965–1970 West Germany 19 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  West Germany
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1966 England
1970 Mexico
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Max Lorenz (19 August 1939 – 24 October 2025) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career with Werder Bremen, making 250 league appearances in nine years at the club and winning the Bundesliga in the 1964–65 season. He spent three years at Eintracht Braunschweig. At international level, he made 19 appearances scoring one goal for the West Germany national team.[1]

Club career

Lorenz was born in Bremen. He played 250 West German top-flight matches.[2]

International career

Lorenz represented West Germany at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was also an unused squad member of the DFB team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Between 1965 and 1970, he won 19 caps for West Germany.[3]

Death

Lorenz died on 24 October 2025, at the age of 86.[4]

Honours

Werder Bremen

References

  1. ^ "Lorenz, Max" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (8 July 2020). "Max Lorenz - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (8 July 2020). "Max Lorenz - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Werder-Legende Max Lorenz ist tot" [Werder legend Max Lorenz has died]. Buten und binnen (in German). Radio Bremen. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Max Lorenz - Schabernack und Schwermut". NDR (in German). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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