Name: Friedrich Herkenrath
Country:
GermanyClub: Rot-Weiss Essen
Position: *GK
Side: RF/BS
Age: 24-27 years (09/09/1928)
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Attack: 30
Defence: 88
Balance: 76
Stamina: 62
Top Speed: 70
Acceleration: 71
Response: 92
Agility: 81
Dribble Accuracy: 51
Dribble Speed: 54
Short Pass Accuracy: 55
Short Pass Speed: 53
Long Pass Accuracy: 60
Long Pass Speed: 57
Shot Accuracy: 44
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 43
Free Kick Accuracy: 42
Curling: 46
Header: 46
Jump: 87
Technique: 51
Aggression: 55
Mentality: 82
Keeper Skills: 89
Team Work: 74
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Standard Lasting
CARDS:
-
SPECIAL ABILITIES: -
Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded
INFO:
Fritz Herkenrath was one of the best German keepers in 50's and 60's. He was flying keeper with great reflexes and very intelligent in closing the angle to strikers and limiting their chances. Hr had good agility since he started his career as right winger. A very likeable goalkeeper who stood out for his quick reflexes, his audacity inside the box and good catching. Herkenrath liked to parry the ball in a spectacular way but despite this love for showboating was a staunch and reliable keeper. After 75 league games for Dellbrück he joined for the 1951/52 round of the league first neighbors FC Cologne. The Dutch international goalkeeper Frans de Munck was careful in 17 games, the goal of the team of player-coach Hennes Weisweiler Herkenrath and had to be content with 13 missions. After Georg Melchers, makers of Bergeborbeck, negotiations for a change to Rot-Weiss Essen had taken to eating had reached agreement with Cologne, Herkenrath play at the beginning of the 1952/53 season with the team by the Port Road and moved in November 1952 in Essen -Frohnhausen. Shortly after his 26th Debuted on the 26th birthday Herkenrath September 1954 at the international match against Belgium in Brussels in the German national soccer team. Than in the immediate preparation phase before the World Cup 1958, 1957, the Herberger-Eleven was able to come back with positive results, Herkenrath celebrated successes with the national team against Austria, Hungary, Belgium and Spain. At the World Cup tournament itself, he was convincing in the group games against Argentina, Czechoslovakia and Northern Ireland, the defensive guided quarter-final against Yugoslavia and also in the semi-final against the host nation Sweden. Herkenrath was the support of the good German defense in the championship days in Sweden 1958th With his 21st International match on 24 September 1958 in Copenhagen against Denmark ended the international career of Fritz Herkenrath.
