He was already VfB honorary captain, and now he is an official member of the German Football HALL OF FAME. Guido Buchwald is one of six new players to have been ceremoniously inducted at the German Football Museum in Dortmund on Monday night. The 64-year-old received the call along with Bert Trautmann, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Horst Hrubesch, Otto Rehhagel and Jupp Heynckes. The HALL OF FAME has been part of the German Football Museum since 2019 and now has 53 legends of German football in its ranks.
387 appearances for club, 76 for country
Buchwald won the 1990 World Cup in Italy as part of the German national team. The defender won a total of 76 caps for his nation, scoring four goals. He played in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups as well as the 1984, 1988 and 1992 European Championships. He won the Bundesliga title twice with VfB Stuttgart, in 1984 and 1992, making a total of 387 appearances for the team from Cannstatt, scoring 45 goals and setting up another 19. He has been named as an honorary captain of the club and has VfB legend status. The German Football HALL OF FAME also features three other former VfB players, namely Jürgen Klinsmann, Matthias Sammer and Philipp Lahm.
“Wonderful recognition”
“I would really like to thank the jury for selecting me to join the German Football HALL OF FAME,” said Buchwald. “It is wonderful recognition and it makes me so proud to be accepted into such elite company as Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Uwe Seeler and Lothar Matthäus.”
About the German Football HALL OF FAME
The German Football HALL OF FAME’s mission is to help honour German football’s outstanding women’s and men’s players and coaches and to cement their spot in the country’s historic sporting consciousness.