Name: Wilhelm Giesemann

Nickname: "Tille"



Country: Germany
Clubs: Fußball-Club Bayern München (1961-1963), Hamburger Sport-Verein (1963-1966)
Position: *CB, SB, DMF, CMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 24-29 years (02/09/1937)

Height: 174 cm
Weight: 75 kg

Attack: 67
Defence: 83
Balance: 85
Stamina: 82
Top Speed: 77
Acceleration: 75
Response: 81
Agility: 75
Dribble Accuracy: 76
Dribble Speed: 73
Short Pass Accuracy: 80
Short Pass Speed: 76
Long Pass Accuracy: 81
Long Pass Speed: 78
Shot Accuracy: 69
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 69
Free Kick Accuracy: 65
Curling: 67
Header: 84
Jump: 82
Technique: 78
Aggression: 66
Mentality: 82
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 80

Injury Tolerance: C
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Early Peak

CARDS:
P04 Anchor Man
S07 Man Marking
S10 DF Leader

SPECIAL ABILITIES: D Line Control - Marking

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded


INFO:

Willi Giesemann was former German defender and midfielder. Giesemann was very good player whose career was destroyed when Pele broke his leg intentionally and brutally in 1965. Giesemann managed to recover and play again but the leg wasn't the same anymore. Tille was natural leader and determined player, very strong and with good technique which enabled him to play later in midfield and not just defend, but organize the attacks and score. He had soli shot and heading abilities, and knew to send good long ball from the back. The defensive player learned to play soccer at the Wolfsburg TSV Sülfeld district. After his move to VfL Wolfsburg, he played in the Oberliga Nord, who was then the highest German league. 1959 he moved to Bayern Munich in the Oberliga Süd. There he became a national player. He made ​​his debut on 11 May 1960 in a friendly against Ireland in Dusseldorf, which was lost 0-1. With the football World Cup in Chile in 1962 he was part of the squad and was twice used. Before the first season of the Bundesliga Giesemann moved back to 1963 in the north of Germany to Hamburg, winning the DFB Cup final against Borussia Dortmund in 1963. Uwe Seeler scored all three goals in this game, a 3-0 success of the hamburger. He played for this club until 1968 104 Bundesliga games, scoring three goals. He was first team regular, but was thrown back by a serious injury, which he contracted during his last international match. On 6 June 1965 he broke the friendly against Brazil in Rio de Janeiro his opponent Pele by a foul in the 87th Minute the shin. Until the end of October, he could be reinstated in the Bundesliga. He established himself quickly and was back before the nomination to the squad for the FIFA World Cup 1966, when he tore the meniscus in a tournament. The subsequent surgery was not successful, his knee stiffened. In the following 1966/67 season played Giesemann than 19 times, 1967/68, as was the runner-HSV, only six times. Willi Giesemann moved in 1969 to second-class Regionalliga Nord HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst. After his retirement, he ran 22 years of age Lotto store and took over a restaurant in Hamburg-Wandsbek. He is now retired and lives in Hamburg-Tonna.