Name: Bernhard Klodt

Nickname: "Berni"



Country: Germany
Club: FC Schalke 04
Position: *WF, SS, AMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 25-30 years (26/10/1926)

Height: 172 cm
Weight: 76 kg

Attack: 84
Defence: 46
Balance: 78
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 87
Acceleration: 85
Response: 81
Agility: 84
Dribble Accuracy: 82
Dribble Speed: 84
Short Pass Accuracy: 83
Short Pass Speed: 77
Long Pass Accuracy: 84
Long Pass Speed: 77
Shot Accuracy: 82
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 81
Free Kick Accuracy: 71
Curling: 72
Header: 79
Jump: 77
Technique: 83
Aggression: 82
Mentality: 85
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 83

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 7
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Standard Lasting

CARDS:
P18 Track Back
S05 1-touch Play

SPECIAL ABILITIES: 1-touch Pass

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Balanced


INFO:

Berni was offensive allrounder, mainly the winger but he played in the middle as well, helping in creating the attacks thanks to his great stamina, speed, good technique, teamworking and crosses. He was very agile player, capable of producing excellent crosses while in full speed, had good dribbling, pace and even scored some goals with his head. Berni was good scorer as well, scoring more than 150 goals in career. Due to the war made his debut on 14 March 1943 in the Gauligaelf of Schalke with a 10:1 win against VfL Bochum. In 1946, the championship before Westfalia Herne and in 1947 won against the STV Horst-Emscher. In the World Cup 1958 in Sweden Klodt celebrated with a point lead over the first FC Cologne with his teammates, the Western Cup - 27 round matches with 15 goals as the captain - and at the gates in the final round with 16:1 and 6:0 points against Karlsruher SC, Eintracht Braunschweig and Tennis Borussia Berlin the 18th place in the final May in Hannover against Hamburger SV. In the final, Berni Klodt and Co. were playing in a real rush, leaving the completely overwhelmed North German before 81 000 spectators in the bulging Niedersachsenstadion no chance. The outstanding Klodt opened after just four minutes with a brilliant header hit the scoring after half an hour to 2-0 and also sent ten minutes before the end Manfred cross on its journey to the final score 3-0. In the 1958/59 season rose to seven games out with three goals in the European Cup against KB Copenhagen, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Atletico Madrid, while it was not in the league according to plan for the seven-time German champions. With 35 years of senior in 1962 moved once again as a West German runner-up with coach George Gawliczek in the final round. His last league game completed "Berni" Klodt 30 Round, 7 April 1962, the 5-3 home win against Borussia Dortmund to the attack Mr Horst Assmy, Werner Ipta, Willi Koslowski and Waldemar Gerhardt. After 383 games and 147 goals he adopted from the Oberliga West. But until the final day of the finals - 5 May at the first FC Nuremberg - ended "Berni" Klodt his playing career. From 1943 to 1962 he had completed 25 finals matches and scored eleven goals. Officially adopted on 12 Klodt June 1963 with a friendly match against the Bulgarian national team, where he succeeded in the 1-0 victory. Before the final nomination in the circle of the 22 World Cup players on 3 June 1954 were the World Cup in Switzerland for the Schalke attacker several WFV-choice games, DFB-friendly games, a B international match on 29 April in Offenburg against Switzerland and five other missions in the A-team on the program. The World Cup tournament was Klodt in the two successful preliminary round matches against Turkey are used. In the other matches of the tournament decided to coach Herberger for individualists and striker Helmut Rahn on the right wing. With two tournament games, and his comradely fair practice for the remainder of the World Cup, Bernhard Klodt contributed significantly to the success of the DFB-team. "Berni" Klodt increased during the 1957/58 league season but once again in top form. He was in 27 league games with 15 goals to win the crucial West title in May 1958 and won the German championship in. Herberger was the outstanding player personality of the seven-time champion with the World Cup in Sweden and put him in the two first round matches against Czechoslovakia and Northern Ireland on 11 and 15 June a. Both group matches ended 2-2 and stormed it on Klodt left winger. With his 19th International match on 20 May 1959 in Hamburg against Poland ended his international career.