Ronald Worm

Ronnie Worm

Ronald Worm in 2006.
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Worm
Date of birth	7 October 1953
Place of birth	Duisburg, West Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
0000–1971	MSV Duisburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1979	MSV Duisburg	231	(71)
1979–1987	Eintracht Braunschweig	244	(92)
Total		475	(163)
National team
1969–1970	West Germany U-15
1970–1972	West Germany U-18
1972	West Germany Olympic
1973	West Germany U-23	3	(1)
1974–1981	West Germany B	12	(5)
1975–1978	West Germany	7	(5)
Teams managed
1993–1994	Hertha BSC (assistant)
1996–1997	FC Sachsen Leipzig (assistant)
2000–2001	TSV Havelse
2015–	Eintracht Braunschweig (women)
Honours MSV Duisburg Runner-up DFB-Pokal 1975  West Germany Runner-up European Championship 1976
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ronald "Ronnie" Worm (born 7 October 1953) is a German former international footballer.^[1]

Career

Worm began his career at his hometown club MSV Duisburg, for which he made 231 appearances in the Bundesliga between 1971 and 1979, scoring 71 goals.^[2] In 1979 he was signed by Eintracht Braunschweig for a transfer fee of 1 million Deutsche Mark to replace Harald Nickel, who had just left the club for Borussia Mönchengladbach.^[3] He went on to play for Braunschweig until he retired from the game in 1987 after not receiving an offer for a new contract from the club.^[4]

International career

Worm was capped seven times for the West German national team between 1975 and 1978, scoring five goals.^[5] He was part of the West German squads for the 1976 Euro and 1978 World Cup, but did not play in either tournament.

Worm also competed for West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[6]

International goals

Scores and results table.^[7] Germany's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 December 1975	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	3–0	5–0	Friendly
2.	20 December 1975	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	4–0	5–0	Friendly
3.	28 February 1976	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Malta	1–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
4.	28 February 1976	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Malta	2–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
5.	22 February 1978	Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany	England	1–1	2–1	Friendly

Coaching career

Since 2015, Worm manages Eintracht Braunschweig's women's team.^[8]

References

1. "Worm, Ronald" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
2. Arnhold, Matthias (21 January 2016). "Ronald Worm - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
3. Bläsig, Horst; Leppert, Alex (2010). Ein Roter Löwe auf der Brust - Die Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig (in German). Die Werkstatt. p. 393.
4. "Interview with Ronald Worm" (in German). wir-sind-eintracht.de. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. Arnhold, Matthias (21 January 2016). "Ronald Worm - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
6. "Ronald Worm Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
7. "Ronnie Worm". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
8. "Das ist manchmal mehr wert als elf Stars" (in German). fussball-woche.de. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

External links

• Ronald Worm profile at Fussballdaten
• Ronald Worm at weltfussball.de (German)
• Ronald Worm at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ronald Worm at Sports Reference