Ernst Kuzorra

1923/50 FC Schalke 04 (GER) 450 games, 419 goals

(German Championship: 79 games, 48 ​​goals)

(Oberliga West: 18 games, 1 goal)

(Gauliga: 259 games, 288 goals)

(German Cup: 39 games, 26 goals)

(West German Championship/Westphalian Cup: 55 games, 56 goals)

With the National Team :

12 caps, 7 goals

(Friendly matches: 12 caps, 7 goals)

1st cap: November 20, 1927 against the Netherlands (2-2)

Last cap: March 20, 1938 against Hungary (1-1)

Ernst Kuzorra

Born October 16, 1905 in Gelsenkirchen (GER)

Died January 1, 1990 in Gelsenkirchen (GER)

German, Striker, 1m73

Ernst Kuzorra was born on October 16, 1905 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He joined the Schalke 04 club at the age of 14. He joined the first team in 1923 when he was 18 and from then on became one of the best players in the world.

He joined the German team in 1927 and participated in the 1928 Olympic Games where he did not play a single match despite his incredible talent. His career will be suspended, like many of his teammates during the 1930/31 season because he received 10 Reichsmark at the end of a match and not 5 as authorized by the German federation of the time.

But upon his return, the player will continue to progress and prove himself as one of the best German players before the Second World War. With Schalke 04 and his brother-in-law Fritz Szepan, he will dominate German football by winning 6 German Championships between the end of the 30s and the beginning of the 40s.

Despite his status as a true living legend of German football, his international career will be limited, with only 12 matches played for 7 goals. The fault of a bad relationship with the coach of the German national team of the time: Otto Nerz. He was chosen by the Nazi regime as a propaganda tool, but it did not work, particularly because of his Slavic origins and his indifference towards the regime. His statistics with Schalke show his great consistency at the club with 10 seasons with more than 20 goals:

- 1926/27: 23 matches, 32 goals

- 1927/28: 20 matches, 27 goals

- 1928/29: 18 matches, 20 goals

- 1929/30: 24 matches, 40 goals

- 1931/32: 19 matches, 29 goals

- 1932/33: 24 matches, 25 goals

- 1933/34: 20 matches, 21 goals

- 1935/36: 29 matches, 35 goals

- 1936/37: 28 matches, 24 goals

- 1937/38: 32 matches, 26 goals

Then he went on to score 6 more than 15 goals for 6 seasons.

After the Second World War, he continued to play football, in particular to overcome financial problems and to pay for food. He finally retired in 1950, at the age of 44 and after a long career of 27 years at Schalke 04.

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