Gert Heidler | |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1948 |
Birth Place: | Doberschau-Gaußig, Soviet occupation zone in Germany |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1967–1982 |
Caps1: | 281 |
Goals1: | 49 |
Nationalyears1: | 1976–1978 |
Nationalteam1: | East Germany |
Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Gert Heidler (born 30 January 1948) is a former German footballer and football manager.
The forward played for Dynamo Dresden from 1968 until 1982, making 281 appearances for the first team.[1]
He won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics with the East German Olympic Team.[2] Heidler won caps for the full GDR team between 1976 and 1978.[3]
He later worked as a coach. One of his stints was with the youth ranks of Dynamo Dresden.