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When Bayer 04 were promoted to the second Bundesliga North in 1975 and the squad extended, Scheini was one of twelve new players to move under the Bayer Cross. He was joined by Fred Bockholt, Peter Klimke and Walter Posner, who together with Scheini formed a big part of the defensive line-up at the Werkself.
In his first season, Scheini played in defensive midfield due to his stamina and running. In the following years he plays more as a defender. Always tough against the opponents and with himself he is aware of his role at Bayer 04 together with his fellow defenders where he tries to prevent conceding goals and also for his team to again and again regain possession. When he'd done that he mostly played the ball to one of his teammates and rarely got involved with the Werkself attack. Nevertheless, he scored nine goals for Bayer 04 in 169 appearances – mainly from free kicks and corners where he often popped up in the opposition box with his aerial strength.
In 1979 he was promoted to the Bundesliga with Bayer 04 but only played 22 games in two years so he decided to move on to second division rivals Fortuna Köln in 1981. In 1984 he moved down a division to Victoria Köln where he ended his playing career.
Up to his retirement he worked for Bayer AG in purchasing.
Dear Scheini, many happy returns at 70! Have a good one and remain healthy.
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Horst Knauf was born in Cologne on 16 August 1960. As a teenager he played for PSV Köln before signing for the Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19s as a talented midfielder in 1976. He made the move up from the second team to the Bundesliga squad in 1980. Over the following three years he played 39 Bundesliga games and scored two goals. Above all in the difficult 1981/82 season for the Werkself with the play-off games against Kickers Offenbach, he played a big part in saving Bayer 04 with 21 appearances. But under the new coach Dettmar Cramer he rarely made a start and he decided to move on.
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Holger Aden was born in Hamburg on 25 August 1965. He learned all about playing football and, above all, scoring goals at the two Hamburg clubs Niendorfer TSV and TSV DuWo 08 Hamburg. After progression from the youth teams, he played for other Hamburg clubs. One after the other he appeared for Concordia Hamburg, Altona 93 and SC Norderstedt. The centre-forward regularly found the back of the opposition net. He scored 22 goals for SC Norderstedt in the 1988/89 season.
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Michael Ballack was born in Görlitz in the GDR on 26 September 1976. He displayed his talent for football at a young age. After his family moved to Karl-Marx-Stadt, now called Chemnitz, he started playing for BSG Motor ‘Fritz Heckert’ Karl-Marx-Stadt where he constantly continued to develop his ability on the pitch. From year seven he went to the children and youth sports college and there he received systematic support in sport that led, against the background of his increasing ability, to a move to FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. At the age of 16, he had to take a six-month break due to growing pains, but then there was no stopping Michael after that.
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In this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of August. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
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