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Dieter Schlindwein (born 7 February 1961) is a German former professional footballer.
Player
The qualified industrial clerk played on the fullback position. Due to his rough playing style he earned the nickname Eisen-Dieter - Iron Dieter.
Clubs
In his youth he played for FC Germania 06 Karlsdorf. With SV Waldhof Mannheim, who signed him in 1977, he promoted in 1983–84 to the Bundesliga auf. In 1986, he moved to Werder Bremen but stayed just one season appearing only three times. He joined Eintracht Frankfurt for their 1987–88 campaign and won with SGE the DFB-Pokal in 1988. From 1989–90 to 1995–96 he played for FC St. Pauli, where he captained the squad. His last professional match took place on 16 March 1996 against Borussia Mönchengladbach (result 0–2). He bid farewell with a red card.
In total he had taken part in 186 Bundesliga and 214 second tier fixtures.
Caps
Schlindwein was capped five times for the German under-21 and once for the German national amateur team and once in the German olympic team that took part at the Olympic games in Los Angeles).
Controversy
Schlindwein caused a scandal in 1994 when he abused his club fellow Leonardo Manzi from Brazil as "black prick" while being in a training camp with FC St. Pauli.