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{{short description|German footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Manfred Binz
| image          = Manfred Binz im Eintracht Frankfurt Museum.JPG
| caption        = Binz in 2008
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|9|22}}
| birth_place    = [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]]
| height         = 1.82 m
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[sweeper (association football)|sweeper]]
| currentclub    = FC Germania 1911 Enkheim
| youthyears1    = {{0|0000}}–1979
| youthclubs1    = VfR Bockenheim
| youthyears2    = 1979–1985
| youthclubs2    = [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| years1         = 1985–1996
| clubs1         = [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| caps1          = 336
| goals1         = 26
| years2         = 1996–1998
| clubs2         = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
| caps2          = 44
| goals2         = 3
| years3         = 1998–1999
| clubs3         = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| caps3          = 13
| goals3         = 0
| years4         = 1999–2002
| clubs4         = [[Kickers Offenbach]]
| caps4          = 68
| goals4         = 7
| years5         = 2002–2003
| clubs5         = [[Eintracht Frankfurt U23]]
| caps5          = 8
| goals5         = 0
| years6         = 2003
| clubs6         = [[KSV Klein-Karben]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/borussia-dortmund-17/9075/spieler_manfred-binz.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100315053457/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/borussia-dortmund-17/9075/spieler_manfred-binz.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 March 2010 | title = Binz, Manfred | language = German | publisher=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date =27 December 2010}}</ref>
| caps6          = 6
| goals6         = 0
| totalcaps      = 475
| totalgoals     = 36
| nationalyears1 = 1987–1990
| nationalteam1  = [[Germany national under-21 football team|West Germany U-21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1990–1992
| nationalteam2  = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga2/2-bundesliga-co-trainer-binz-beim-fsv-gefeuert_aid_444891.html | title = 2. Bundesliga – Co-Trainer Binz beim FSV gefeuert | publisher=Focus | accessdate =27 December 2010 | language = German}}</ref>
| nationalcaps2  = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2004
| managerclubs1 = [[Kickers Offenbach]] (caretaker)
| manageryears2 = 2011
| managerclubs2 = [[Kickers Offenbach]] (caretaker)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{medal|Runner-up|[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992 Sweden]]|}}
}}
'''Manfred Binz''' (22 September 1965) is a German former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]]. He is the assistant manager of SC Hessen Dreieich.

==Club career==
Binz was born in [[Frankfurt]]. In his active career the [[sweeper (association football)|sweeper]] won the [[DFB-Pokal]] with [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]. Having made his debut on 2 March 1985, he became the undisputed chief of the Frankfurt defence in the 1986–87 season and appeared in 246 Bundesliga games in a row. Although Frankfurt was always a championship contender at the beginning of the 1990s, Binz failed to win the Bundesliga with the ''eagles''. Finally the national cup victory was the highlight of his active career.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Manfred+Binz/1/2556.html | title = Manfred Binz| publisher=Munzinger Online | accessdate =27 December 2010 | language = German}}</ref>

After being eliminated in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA cup]] in March 1994 he fell out with manager [[Klaus Toppmöller]], causing the slow departure of the sweeper. The situation calmed down but in 1996 he left Eintracht Frankfurt for Italian side [[Brescia Calcio]], playing in Serie B with whom he was immediately promoted to Serie A. In the winter break 1997–98 he returned to the Bundesliga,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/binzdata.html | title = Manfred Binz - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 June 2016 | accessdate = 27 June 2016 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]}}</ref> signing at [[Borussia Dortmund]], slowly fading his pro career and making his Bundesliga appearance on 14 August 1998.

==International career==
Binz won his first cap after the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1990]] in a friendly match against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/binz-intl.html | title = Manfred Binz - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 June 2016 | accessdate = 27 June 2016 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]}}</ref> He was part of the [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]] that finished runners-up at [[UEFA Euro 1992]].

==Honours==
'''Eintracht Frankfurt'''
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1987–88 DFB-Pokal|1987–88]]

'''Germany'''
* [[UEFA European Football Championship]]: runner-up [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{1989–90 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{1991–92 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{Germany squad UEFA Euro 1992}}
{{Kickers Offenbach managers}}

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