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{{short description|German footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Dieter Erler
| image          = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C0212-0019-001, Fußball-Nationalmannschaft der DDR (Dieter Erler).jpg
| image_size     = 150px
| caption        = Dieter Erler in 1964
| fullname       = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1939|05|28|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Glauchau]], [[Germany]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1998|04|10|1939|05|28|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Chemnitz]], [[Germany]]
| height         = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1    = 1953–1957
| youthclubs1    = [[BSG Chemie Glauchau]]
| years1         = 1957–1958
| clubs1         = [[BSG Wismut Gera]]
| caps1          = 0
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 1959–1965
| clubs2         = [[FC Erzgebirge Aue|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]] 
| caps2          = 112
| goals2         = 36
| years3         = 1965–1972
| clubs3         = [[Chemnitzer FC|SC Karl-Marx-Stadt]] 
| caps3          = 179 
| goals3         = 18
| totalcaps      = 291
| totalgoals     = 52
| nationalyears1 = 1959–1968
| nationalteam1  = [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
| nationalcaps1  = 47
| nationalgoals1 = 12
| manageryears1  = 1974–1975
| managerclubs1  = [[Chemnitzer FC|FC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]

}}
'''Dieter Erler''' (28 May 1939 in [[Glauchau]] – 10 April 1998 in [[Chemnitz]]) was a German [[Association football|footballer]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/dieter-erler/ | title = Dieter Erler | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 19 February 2010}}</ref>

He began his footballing career with [[BSG Chemie Glauchau]] in 1953. He was transferred to [[BSG Wismut Gera]] for the 1957 season and then after two seasons<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/derlerdata.html | title = Dieter Erler - Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 26 July 2012 | accessdate = 31 July 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> moved to [[Sports club (East Germany)|sports club]] [[FC Erzgebirge Aue|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]] in January 1959. Erler was both a [[playmaker]] and a goalscoring midfielder.

In 1963, Erler moved to [[Chemnitzer FC|SC Karl-Marx-Stadt]], where he played alongside the player described by [[Pelé]] as the best [[Midfielder#Winger|left-winger]] in the world at the time: [[Eberhard Vogel]]. In 1966–67 the team was crowned [[DDR-Oberliga]] champion.

Between 1959 and 1972 he played for [[Wismut Aue|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]] and then [[FC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]. During his career he gained between 1959 and 1968<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/erler-intlg.html | title = Dieter Erler - Goals in International Matches | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 26 July 2012 | accessdate = 31 July 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> 47 international [[cap (sport)|cap]]s and scored 12 goals for [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500280&action=showPlayer&full=1&liga=DDR-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Erler&cHash=15d4bf5f59 |title=Spielerinfo Erler |language=German |publisher=[[German Football Association]] |accessdate=19 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608033205/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500280&action=showPlayer&full=1&liga=DDR-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Erler&cHash=15d4bf5f59 |archivedate=8 June 2011 }}</ref>

He was voted [[East Germany|GDR]] footballer of the year in 1967. <!-- Dieter Erler war Ehrenmitglied des Chemnitzer FC. Non-literal translation anyone?-->

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|20 May 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dieter-erler/2/ | title = Dieter Erler » Club matches | accessdate = 6 July 2021 | publisher = worldfootball.net}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes [[FDGB-Pokal]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Continental<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes [[European Cup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[BSG Wismut Gera]]
|[[1958 DDR-Oberliga|1958]]
|rowspan="1"|[[DDR-Oberliga]]
|colspan="2"|–||2||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|–||2||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|[[1959 DDR-Oberliga|1959]]
|rowspan="4"|[[DDR-Oberliga]]
|26||7||6||1||3||0||35||8
|-
|[[1960 DDR-Oberliga|1960]]
|22||5||3||1||3||0||31||6
|-
|[[1961–62 DDR-Oberliga|1961–62]]
|39||16||2||1||colspan="2"|–||41||17
|-
|[[1962–63 DDR-Oberliga|1962–63]]
|25||8||3||1||colspan="2"|–||28||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!112||36||14||4||6||0||132||40
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[FC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|[[1963–64 DDR-Oberliga|1963–64]]
|rowspan="9"|[[DDR-Oberliga]]
|26||4||1||0||colspan="2"|–||27||4
|-
|[[1964–65 DDR-Oberliga|1964–65]]
|23||3||1||0||colspan="2"|–||24||3
|-
|[[1965–66 DDR-Oberliga|1965–66]]
|26||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||29||2
|-
|[[1966–67 DDR-Oberliga|1966–67]]
|21||5||2||0||colspan="2"|–||23||15
|-
|[[1967–68 DDR-Oberliga|1967–68]]
|18||0||1||0||2||0||21||0
|-
|[[1968–69 DDR-Oberliga|1968–69]]
|17||3||3||0||colspan="2"|–||20||3
|-
|[[1969–70 DDR-Oberliga|1969–70]]
|23||0||4||1||colspan="2"|–||27||1
|-
|[[1970–71 DDR-Oberliga|1970–71]]
|colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[1971–72 DDR-Oberliga|1971–72]]
|25||1||4||0||colspan="2"|–||29||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!179||18||20||1||2||0||201||19
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!291||54||34||5||8||0||333||59
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{{updated|6 November 2015}}<ref name="Internationals">{{Cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dieter-erler/4/ | title = Dieter Erler » Internationals | accessdate = 6 July 2021 | publisher = worldfootball.net}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=3|[[East Germany national football team|East Germany national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|1959||2||0
|-
|1960||6||1
|-
|1961||7||3
|-
|1962||8||4
|-
|1963||4||1
|-
|1964||1||0
|-
|1965||6|||0
|-
|1966||6||3
|-
|1967||6||0
|-
|1968||1||0
|-
!Total||47||12
|}

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list East Germany's goal tally first.''<ref name="Internationals"/>
 
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!Goal!!style="width:8em;"|Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition
|-
| 1. || 30 October 1960 || [[Ostseestadion]], [[Rostock]], East Germany || {{fb|FIN}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 5–1 || [[Exhibition game]]
|-
| 2. || 14 May 1961 || [[Zentralstadion (1956)|Zentralstadion]], [[Leipzig]], East Germany || {{fb|NED}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 1–1 || [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 3. || 10 September 1961 || [[Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion]], [[East Berlin]], East Germany || {{fb|HUN}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 2–3 || [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 4. || 22 October 1961 || [[Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław)|Olimpijski]], [[Wrocław]], Poland || {{fb|POL|1944}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 1–3 || [[Exhibition game]]
|-
| 5. || 3 May 1962 || [[Luzhniki Stadium|Lenin]], [[Moscow]], Soviet Union || {{fb|USSR}} || align=center | '''1'''–2 || align=center | 1–2 || [[Exhibition game]]
|-
| 6. || rowspan="2" | 9 December 1962 || rowspan="2" |[[Stade Mamadou Konaté]], [[Bamako]], Mali || rowspan="2" |{{fb|MLI}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 1–2 ||rowspan="2" | [[Exhibition game]]
|-
| 7. || align=center | '''2'''–0
|-
| 8. || 21 November 1962 || [[Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion]], [[East Berlin]], East Germany || {{fb|CSSR}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–1 || [[1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying]]
|-
| 9. || 3 November 1963 || [[Népstadion]], [[Budapest]], Hungary || {{fb|HUN}} || align=center | '''3'''–3 || align=center | 3–3 || [[1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying]]
|-
| 10. || rowspan="2" | 4 September 1966 || rowspan="2" |[[Stadion an der Gellertstraße|Dr.-Kurt-Fischer-Stadion]], [[Chemnitz]], East Germany || rowspan="2" |{{fb|EGY|1958}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 6–0 ||rowspan="2" | [[Exhibition game]]
|-
| 11. || align=center | '''3'''–0
|-
| 12. || 11 September 1966 || [[Georgi-Dimitroff-Stadion]], [[Erfurt]], East Germany || {{fb|POL|1944}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || [[Exhibition game]]
|}

==Honours==
===Club===
;SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
* '''[[DDR-Oberliga]]:''' [[1959 DDR-Oberliga|1959]]
===Individual===
* '''[[Footballer of the Year (Germany)#Footballer of the Year for East Germany|GDR Player of the Year]]:''' [[Footballer of the Year (Germany)#Footballer of the Year for East Germany|1967]]

==References==
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{{Reflist}}

{{Chemnitzer FC managers}}
{{East German Footballer of the Year}}

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