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Bernd Nickel

1949 - 2021

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Bernd Nickel (15 March 1949 – 27 October 2021) was a German professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. Due to his straight shots his nickname was "Doktor Hammer". Nickel began his career in 1957 at SV Eisemroth. In 1966 he was signed by Eintracht Frankfurt, where he scored 141 goals in 426 Bundesliga games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Bernd Nickel is the 6,320th most popular soccer player (down from 6,132nd in 2024), the 5,706th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,690th in 2019) and the 389th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bernd Nickel ranks 6,320 out of 21,273. Before him are Mehmet Topal, Oleg Pashinin, Kieran Trippier, Sander Westerveld, Yussuf Poulsen, and Ryo Kanazawa. After him are Jan Versleijen, Frank Rost, Piet Wildschut, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Vasile Iordache, and Allenby Chilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bernd Nickel ranks 712. Before him are Bert Vogelstein, Tapio Kantanen, Ronald M. Evans, Janusz Pyciak-Peciak, Yuri Balashov, and Arturo Vázquez. After him are Chicão, Henry Puna, Sean Chen, Zbigniew Wassermann, Anuradha Koirala, and Khil Raj Regmi. Among people deceased in 2021, Bernd Nickel ranks 636. Before him are Serhiy Novikov, José Villegas, Margreth Weivers, Graham McRae, Mikhail Zhelev, and Juan Rodríguez Vega. After him are Walter Smith, Carl Levin, Sylvain Sylvain, Cara Williams, Trevor Moore, and Hans van Baalen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernd Nickel ranks 5,709 out of 7,253. Before him are Johanna Wanka (1951), Lutz Pfannenstiel (1973), Hartmut Schade (1954), Michael Frontzeck (1964), Kerem Demirbay (1993), and Dennis Schröder (1993). After him are Frank Rost (1973), Veronika Schmidt (1952), Diego Contento (1990), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (1951), Christiane Paul (1974), and Benno Fürmann (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Bernd Nickel ranks 389. Before him are Rudolf Kargus (1952), Demis Nikolaidis (1973), Lutz Pfannenstiel (1973), Hartmut Schade (1954), Michael Frontzeck (1964), and Kerem Demirbay (1993). After him are Frank Rost (1973), Diego Contento (1990), Hans Bongartz (1951), Harald Nickel (1953), Werner Peter (1950), and Robert Huth (1984).

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