Name: Jakob Bender

Nickname: "Knöd"



Country: Germany
Club: Fortuna Düsseldorf
Position: *DMF, CB
Side: RF/BS
Age: 22-27 years (23/03/1910)

Height: * 173 cm (app.)
Weight: * 75 kg (app.)

Attack: 65
Defence: 84
Balance: 86
Stamina: 83
Top Speed: 78
Acceleration: 75
Response: 82
Agility: 75
Dribble Accuracy: 75
Dribble Speed: 71
Short Pass Accuracy: 79
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Accuracy: 76
Long Pass Speed: 76
Shot Accuracy: 67
Shot Power: 79
Shot Technique: 69
Free Kick Accuracy: 61
Curling: 63
Header: 80
Jump: 81
Technique: 75
Aggression: 64
Mentality: 84
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 81

Injury Tolerance: C
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Standard


CARDS:
P04: Anchor Man
P14: Enforcer
S09: Covering

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Covering

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded


INFO:

Jakob was important part of great Fortuna team of the 30's, also in NT but numerous knee injuries shortened his career. He was centre wing half, tenacious, strong player, good in tackling and anchoring in midfield and defence. He played until 1927 for Alemannia 08 Dusseldorf , then moved to Fortuna Dusseldorf and was with the Fortuna in the 1928/29 season in the West German championship behind FC Schalke 04 and Meidericher SV third parties and thus first attracted to the German football championship in the final round one. But the tough and combative defender could with his teammates Paul Borne field, Theo Breuer, Ernst Albrecht and Georg high vocals on 16 June 1929 do not prevent the 1:5 defeat against SpVgg Fürth. Two years later, in 1931 , Fortuna won the West German Championship, but lost in the final round of the German Cup with 2:3 after extra time against Eintracht Frankfurt. The appearance of such trailers " Knöd " called defensive player made ​​it with Paul Janes and Theo Breuer Fortuna Runner series. Last year, the district class Berg/Mark, 1932/33, to Bender and the Fortuna crewmates brought with 97:13 goals the championship, were by a 0-1 defeat on 30 April 1933 against Schalke 04 West German runner-up and moved to successes in the German final against Gliwice, Arminia Hannover and in the semi-finals with a comfortable 4-0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in the final of the German football championship against the West rivals Schalke 04. On 11 June managed the team of the Vienna coach Henry grains in Cologne a 3-0 success against the " squire " Elf and thus winning the German championship. Bender was a center half of the head of the defense and , in turn, had the external rotor Janes and Breuer at his side. On 8 January 1933 he was with the City of selection of Dusseldorf - defeated the Hungarian top team Ferencvaros 7-2 gates - combination of Fortuna and VfL Benrath. Bender was one of the Fortuna - master teams in the Gauliga Lower Rhine from 1936 to 1940, which have won the title in a row and again in 1936 were able to move into the final of the German Cup. With Coach Karl Hoger the final but was 1:2 with goals by extension against 1 FC Nuremberg lost. On 9 January 1938 Bender lost his Fortuna team with 1:2 gates the final of the Tschammer Cup 1937 against Schalke 04 In the final round of the German Cup, the team played at Ernst Kuzorra and Fritz Szepan also in the semi-final on 29 May 1938 in the 0-1 defeat again fate for Fortuna. During the war years Bender is still listed until 1943/44, the squad of Fortuna in the Gauliga Niederrhein. Due to the war, he worked for TSV 1897 Osnabrück at this time as " guest players " in use. In statistics, Bender is run with 30 inserts finals of the German Championship from 1929 to 1939. The urban workers returned to an intermediate station at Kissingen 05 as player-coach in 1950 to his hometown club Alemannia 08 to Dusseldorf and took over the training line. His debut in the national team was the center half along with his team-mates Theo Breuer on 22 October 1933 in Duisburg during the match against Belgium. When 8:1 success of the team by coach Otto Reich mink beside were still of the Fortuna Paul Janes , Ernst Albrecht, Willi Wigold and Stanislaus Kobierski in use. In the World Cup 1934 in Italy Bender came in the semifinals against Czechoslovakia in Rome (1:3) and in the match for third Place against Austria (3:2 ) are used. With his ninth deployment on 30 June 1935 in Stockholm against Sweden ended the international career of the stricken from multiple knee injuries. With the Lower Rhine selection, he won 27 February 1937 in Berlin 2-1 in the final at Reichsbund Cup against Sachsen.