Given the question: Facts: - clubs: kickers offenbach sv darmstadt 98 - caps: 74 - position: midfielder - years: 1969 -- 1972 1973 -- 1980 - height: 1.76 0 - birth date: 25 july 1947 - name: walter bechtold - birth place: frankfurt , germany - goals: 33 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of walter bechtold .
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walter bechtold -lrb- born 25 july 1947 -rrb- is a former german professional footballer .bechtold began his professional career in 1965 with eintracht frankfurt .the midfielder scored 33 goals in his four years with the club , but was never a first-team regular .in 1969 he transferred to local rivals kickers offenbach in the regionalliga .with kickers he had his most successful season ; the club being promoted to the top flight as champions and winning the dfb cup against 1 .fc koln .this saw the team qualify for the next season 's european cup winners ' cup , where they were knocked out in the first round by belgian side club brugge k.v. bechtold played for a year in the bundesliga with offenbach before being relegated back to the regional league .after one season back in the lower division , he moved to sv darmstadt 98 .he returned once again to the bundesliga in 1978 with darmstadt , before being relegated once more a year later .he retired from playing in 1980 .during his professional career , bechtold played in 131 bundesliga matches , scoring 45 goals .