Dieter Bast

Dieter Bast

Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-08-28) 28 August 1951
Place of birth	Oberhausen, West Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder, forward
Youth career
0000–1970	SpVgg Sterkrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1977	Rot-Weiss Essen	213	(58)
1977–1983	VfL Bochum	192	(24)
1983–1986	Bayer Leverkusen	71	(2)
1986–1989	Rot-Weiss Essen	102	(2)
Total		578	(86)
International career
1973	West Germany U23	2	(0)
1976–1977	West Germany B	4	(0)
1982–1984	West Germany Olympic	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Bast (born 28 August 1951) is a German former professional footballer.

Career

In total Bast played 412 Bundesliga games and scored 54 goals. His Bundesliga debut took place on his 19th birthday for Rot-Weiss Essen. He quickly established himself amongst the squad, however, in search of title-chasing football, he went to VfL Bochum where he played 192 games, and from 1983 until 1986, he played for Bayer Leverkusen. In 1986, he returned to Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2. Bundesliga where he played until his retirement in 1989.

Bast played in the Under-23 national team in 1973, and in the National second team between 1976–77. Even though he played Bundesliga football for fifteen steady years, he failed to win a trophy for any team in which he played.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rot-Weiss Essen	1970–71	Bundesliga	22	3	0	0	—		—		22	3
	1971–72	Regionalliga West	32	8	—		—		5	0	37	8
	1972–73		32	22	2	1			8	3
	1973–74	Bundesliga	34	10	1	1	—		—		35	10
	1974–75		32	5	5	0	—		—		37	5
	1975–76		33	6	1	0	—		—		34	6
	1976–77		28	4	5	1	—		—		33	5
VfL Bochum	1977–78	Bundesliga	28	9	4	3	—		—		32	12
	1978–79		33	6	5	2	—		—		38	8
	1979–80		29	1	4	1	—		—		33	2
	1980–81		34	5	3	1	—		—		37	6
	1981–82		34	2	7	0	—		—		41	2
	1982–83		34	1	5	1	—		—		39	2
Bayer Leverkusen	1983–84	Bundesliga	33	1	1	0	—		—		34	1
	1984–85		31	1	4	0	—		—		35	1
	1985–86		7	0	3	0	—		—		10	0
Rot-Weiss Essen	1986–87	2. Bundesliga	33	1	—		—		—		33	1
	1987–88		37	1	1	0	—		—		38	1
	1988–89		32	0	3	0	—		—		35	0
Career total			578	86	54	11			13	3

External links

• Dieter Bast at fussballdaten.de (in German)