Richard Kress
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 March 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Niesig (today part of Fulda), Weimar Republic | ||
| Date of death | 30 March 1996 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1953 | FV 1910 Horas | ||
| 1953–1964 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 291 | (70) |
| International career | |||
| 1954–1961 | West Germany | 9 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Richard Kress (alternative writing Richard Kreß) (6 March 1925 – 30 March 1996) was a German footballer.[1]
Club career
Kress played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1953 until 1964 as a typical right winger. He won the 1959 German football championship, and played in the 1960 European Cup final which was lost to Real Madrid 7–3 on 18 May at Hampden Park in Glasgow in front of 135,000 spectators, in which he scored the first goal of the match.[2]
Kress was the oldest player to make his debut in the newly formed Bundesliga against Kaiserslautern on 24 August 1963, aged 38 years and 171 days.[3][4]
International career
Kress was capped nine times for Germany between 1954 and 1961 contributing two goals. When he scored his first goal – against Northern Ireland in World Cup qualifying on May 10, 1961 – he was 36 years and 65 days old, making him the oldest debut goalscorer of the national team to this day (as of 2024)[5]
Honours
Eintracht Frankfurt
- German championship: 1958–59
- European Cup runner-up: 1959–60
- Oberliga Süd: 1958–59; runner-up 1953–54, 1960–61, 1961–62
- DFB-Pokal runner-up: 1963–64
References
- ^ "Kress, Richard" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ "Historie: Die Eintracht und Real Madrid" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Bonucci & Co.: Die ältesten Bundesliga-Debütanten je Klub" [Bonucci & Co.: The oldest Bundesliga debutants per club]. kicker (in German). 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "24. August 1963: „Ein großes Highlight"" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Groß zweitältester Debüt-Torschütze der DFB-Geschichte". kicker (in German). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
External links
- Richard Kress at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
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