Heinz Kördell

Who is Heinz Kördell?

Heinz „Heiner“ Kördell is a former German soccer player. In 1958, he was German champion with FC Schalke 04. He played one international match for Germany. Kördell is a member of the honorary committee of Schalke.

Kördell was the son of a coal miner in Germany's Ruhrgebiet. In 1956, he joined the Schalke team from SpVgg Röhlinghausen. As an offensive midfielder, he was in the team that won for Schalke the last German championship in 1958. For six years, he played at Schalke, before joining Schwarz-Weiß Essen in 1962. In German Oberliga West he scored 19 goals in 103 matches. His only match in the black-and-white dress of Germany he played on December 28, 1958, in Cairo, where Germany faced Egypt.