nationalcaps birth_date years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
1 47 31 march 1939 1949 1965 -- 1974 1974 -- 1975 -- 1958 1963 -- 1964 1964 -- 1965 1949 -- 1958 84 33 29 222 19 8 2 1 0 0 1957 1958 -- 1971 karl-heinz schnellinger.jpg karl-heinz schnellinger schnellinger in 1968 karl-heinz schnellinger düren , germany west germany amateur west germany 387 13 0 1 sg düren 99 sg tennis borussia berlin düren 99 ac mantova as roma ac milan left-back / sweeper karl-heinz schnellinger

karl-heinz schnellinger

karl-heinz schnellinger -lrb- born 31 march 1939 , in düren -rrb- is a former german footballer .
he was one of the world 's best defenders for a decade in the 1960s .
he was nicknamed the `` volkswagen '' for his continuity of performance , both in quantity and in quality .
in his prime he was usually considered one of the best leftbacks in the world in his era rivaled only by giacinto facchetti , nilton santos and silvio marzolini .
