Frank Ordenewitz

Frank Ordenewitz
Personal information
Date of birth	25 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Dorfmark, West Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1979–1981	TSV Dorfmark
1981–1983	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1985	Werder Bremen (A)
1983–1989	Werder Bremen
1989–1993	1. FC Köln
1993–1994	JEF United Ichihara
1995	Hamburger SV
1996	Brummell Sendai
1997–1998	VfB Oldenburg
Total
International career
1987	West Germany
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Ordenewitz (born 25 March 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Ordenewitz scored 68 goals in 272 Bundesliga matches.^[1]

In a league match against 1. FC Köln on 7 May 1988 the Werder Bremen player admitted to a handball in the penalty area to the referee. Köln went on to win the match 2–0. For his sportsmanship he won the FIFA Fair Play Award that season.

Three seasons later, now playing for 1. FC Köln, Ordenewitz received a yellow card against MSV Duisburg in the DFB-Pokal semi-final on 6 May 1991 (final score: 3–0 for Köln). That would have blocked him from playing in the final against his former club, Werder Bremen, and so his coach, Erich Rutemöller, advised him to get himself sent off, since this would allow him to instead serve his suspension in their next Bundesliga game. As asked, Ordenewitz intentionally knocked the ball away and was sent off.^[2]^[3] In an interview after the game, Rutemöller admitted the plan, saying: "Otze came to me, and I think you shouldn't take the chance away from him, and so I said: 'Do it!'". This request, in various modifications, later became the dictum “Mach et, Otze!”.^[4] In response, the DFB changed the rule and banned Ordenewitz from playing in the final anyway, which FC Köln went on to lose on penalties.

International career

Ordenewitz was capped twice for the West Germany national team in 1987.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[6]^[7]^[8]
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Werder Bremen	1983–84	Bundesliga	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	1984–85		9	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
	1985–86		24	7	1	0	0	0	25	7
	1986–87		30	8	3	2	0	0	33	10
	1987–88		30	15	1	6	3	0	36	18
	1988–89		27	6	6	0	0	0	33	6
	Total		125	37	18	5	0	0	143	42
1. FC Köln	1989–90	Bundesliga	30	3	3	1	0	0	33	4
	1990–91		31	7	6	3	0	0	37	10
	1991–92		35	11	2	0	0	0	37	11
	1992–93		30	9	2	2	0	0	32	11
	Total		126	30	13	6	0	0	139	36
JEF United Ichihara	1993	J1 League	15	7	3	0	6	3	24	10
	1994	J1 League	40	30	2	0	1	0	43	30
	Total		55	37	5	0	7	3	67	40
Hamburger SV	1994–95	Bundesliga	15	0					15	0
	1995–96	Bundesliga	6	1					6	1
	Total		21	1	0	0	0	0	21	1
Brummell Sendai	1996	Football League	28	20	3	5	0	0	31	25
VfB Oldenburg	1997–98	Regionalliga	28	3					28	3
Career total			383	128	39	16	7	3	429	147