Karlheinz Förster

Personal information
Karlheinz Förster
Full name	Karlheinz Förster
Date of birth	July 25, 1958
Place of birth	Mosbach, Germany
Height	178 cm
Position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	TSV Badenia Unterschwarzach SV Waldhof Mannheim VfB Stuttgart
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1977-1986 1986-1990	VfB Stuttgart Olympique Marseille	272 (17) ?? (??)
National team**
1978-1986	West Germany	81 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 30, 1990. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 30, 1990.

Karlheinz Förster (born 25 July 1958 in Mosbach) is a former German football player.

The younger brother of Bernd Förster, Karlheinz took part in the 1982 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Both times he finished runner-up with West Germany in these competitions. On club level he played in 272 Bundesliga matches for VfB Stuttgart, scoring seventeen goals before he joined Olympique Marseille after the 1985-1986 season. Olympique Marseille paid VfB Stuttgart 3,5 million Deutsche Mark for the then 28-year-old defender.

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	West Germany squad - 1982 World Cup Runner-up
1 Schumacher \| 2 Briegel \| 3 Breitner \| 4 K. Förster \| 5 B. Förster \| 6 Dremmler \| 7 Littbarski \| 8 Fischer \| 9 Hrubesch \| 10 Müller \| 11 Rummenigge \| 12 Hannes \| 13 Reinders \| 14 Magath \| 15 Stielike \| 16 Allofs \| 17 Engels \| 18 Matthäus \| 19 Hieronymus \| 20 Kaltz \| 21 Franke \| 22 Immel \| Coach: Derwall

	West Germany squad - 1986 World Cup Runner-up
1 Schumacher \| 2 Briegel \| 3 Brehme \| 4 Förster \| 5 Herget \| 6 Eder \| 7 Littbarski \| 8 Matthäus \| 9 Völler \| 10 Magath \| 11 Rummenigge \| 12 Stein \| 13 Allgöwer \| 14 Berthold \| 15 Augenthaler \| 16 Thon \| 17 Jakobs \| 18 Rahn \| 19 Allofs \| 20 Hoeneß \| 21 Rolff \| 22 Immel \| Coach: Beckenbauer