Frank Lieberam

Frank Lieberam
Lieberam in 1989
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-12-17) 17 December 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Halberstadt, East Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, sweeper
Youth career
0000–1981 1. FC Magdeburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1983 1. FC Magdeburg 11 (1)
1983–1984 Lok Halberstadt
1984–1985 1. FC Magdeburg. 4 (0)
1985–1986 Stahl Riesa 25 (3)
1986–1991 Dynamo Dresden 123 (6)
1992 Hyundai Horangi 19 (1)
1992–1996 VfL Wolfsburg 111 (5)
1996–1998 1. FC Magdeburg 55 (5)
International career
1989 East Germany 1 (0)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Erzgebirge Aue
2000–2004 Germania Halberstadt
2004–2005 Union Berlin
2006–2007 MSV Neuruppin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Lieberam (born 17 December 1962) is a German former football player and manager.

Playing career

Lieberam was born in Halberstadt, East Germany. He started his senior playing career at DDR-Oberliga side 1. FC Magdeburg in 1982. In 1985, he left for BSG Stahl Riesa where he spent only one season, before moving on to SG Dynamo Dresden in 1986.[1] He was a Stasi informant.[2] After German reunification, he played in five Bundesliga matches with Dresden, before he transferred to K-League side Hyundai Horang-i in the winter-break. After six months he was signed by then-2. Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg. Later he returned to the 1. FC Magdeburg and his home town club Germania Halberstadt. At the height of his performance at Dynamo Dresden in the spring of 1989 Lieberam won one cap for the East Germany national team.[3]

Coach and manager

After his playing career he took up managing, starting at FC Erzgebirge Aue in July 1998. He stayed on until April 1999 and later took over Germania Halberstadt in 2000. After he was sacked in Halberstadt in November 2004, he was hired by 1. FC Union Berlin where he stayed until he was fired in December 2005. In November 2006, he took on the manager position at MSV Neuruppin, but left the club over difficulties financing his ambitions in June 2007.

References

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (7 December 2017). "Frank Lieberam – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ Leske, Hanns: Erich Mielke, die Stasi und das runde Leder, Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen, 2004, p. 328.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (7 December 2017). "Frank Lieberam – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.