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Fischi was kept back in class ten, his father took him out of the school and gave him the choice: apprenticeship as a bricklayer, saddler or carpenter. As he knew nothing about the first two careers he became a carpenter and work for three years after completing his apprenticeship.
In 1982/83 he signed for Preußen Münster in the Oberliga Westfalen. From there he moved on to Remscheid. Fischi played for BVL 08 Remscheid in Bundesliga two in 1987/88, got relegated with his club and then shone with outstanding performances in the amateur Oberliga Westfalen.
Andreas came under the Bayer Cross at the age of 24, established himself and stayed for the next five years as right back at the Werkself. His biggest honour during his time at Bayer 04 was winning the DFB Pokal in 1993.
His personal highlight came on 7 December 1991. In the Bundesliga home game against bottom-of-the-table Wattenscheid 09, Fischi scored three goals and he is the only defensive player in our Bundesliga history to achieve that feat. As Ulf Kirsten, goal-getter of the 1990s, scored twice with Jupp Nehl adding another, Bayer 04 clocked up a 6-1 victory, the biggest win in the Bundesliga up to that point.
On the pitch, Fischi was more of a worker rather than a magician as his determination brought him to where he always dreamt of as a child – to the Bundesliga.
After a total of 179 games for the Werkself, scoring 20 goals along the way, Fischi moved north in 1994 to play for Hamburg SV. There he played in the top-flight for another seven years before ending his career with the year in the Regional League West at Rot-Weiss Essen.
After his playing career, tried out being a coach in 2003/04 but only stayed at SC Verl for a season. After that he searched for a career thought about his own carpentry business. But he's put off by the high cost of setting it up. So he makes a complete change. He completed training as a coolingand ventilation engineer, passed the examination for the master's certificate in 2009 and set up his own company.
Today, the father of four children from his first marriage minutes north of Hamburg, lives on a farm where he breeds ponies with his second wife Katrin.
Dear Fischi, I wish you many happy returns on your 60th birthday! Stay fit and healthy and have a good one!
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In this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of September. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
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