Rüdiger Schnuphase

Rüdiger Schnuphase
Schnuphase in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-01-23) 23 January 1954
Place of birth Werningshausen, East Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1977 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 99 (24)
1977–1984 Carl Zeiss Jena 196 (94)
1984–1986 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 31 (6)
Total 326 (124)
International career
1973–1983 East Germany 45 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Representing  East Germany
1980 MoscowTeam competition

Rüdiger Schnuphase (born 23 January 1954 in Werningshausen) is a German former football player.

Schnuphase played for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt (1971–1976), FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1976–1984) and again FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt (1984–1986).

On the national level he played for East Germany national team (45 matches/6 goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Schnuphase played in two matches in Gelsenkirchen at football's biggest stage.

In 1982, he won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year.