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Worm in 2006
Personal information
Full name Ronald Worm
Date of birth (1953-10-07) 7 October 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Duisburg, West Germany
Height 1.79 m
Playing position Striker
Youth career
0000–1971 MSV Duisburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1979 MSV Duisburg 231 (71)
1979–1987 Eintracht Braunschweig 244 (92)
Total 475 (163)
National team
1969–1970 West Germany U-15
1970–1972 West Germany U-18
1972 West Germany Olympic
1973 West Germany U-23 3 (1)
1974–1981 West Germany B 12 (5)
1975–1978 West Germany 7 (5)
Teams managed
1993–1994 Hertha BSC (assistant)
1996–1997 FC Sachsen Leipzig (assistant)
2000–2001 TSV Havelse
2015– Eintracht Braunschweig (women)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ronald Worm (born 7 October 1953) is a German former international footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Worm began his career at his hometown club MSV Duisburg, for which he made 231 appearances in the Bundesliga between 1971 and 1979, scoring 71 goals. In 1979, he was signed by Eintracht Braunschweig for a transfer fee of 1 million Deutsche Mark to replace Harald Nickel, who had just left the club for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He went on to play for Braunschweig until he retired from the game in 1987 after not receiving an offer for a new contract from the club.

International career

Worm was capped seven times for the West Germany national team between 1975 and 1978, scoring five goals. He was part of the West German squads for the 1976 Euro and 1978 World Cup, but did not play in either tournament.

Worm also competed for West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

International goals

Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Worm goal. Germany's goal tally first:
List of international goals scored by Ronald Worm
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 December 1975 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 3–0 5–0 Friendly
2 4–0
3 28 February 1976 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, West Germany  Malta 1–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
4 2–0
5 22 February 1978 Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany  England 1–1 2–1 Friendly

Coaching career

Since 2015, Worm manages Eintracht Braunschweig's women's team.

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