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{{short description|German former footballer, later a coach (born 1946)}}
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| image               = Manfred Zapf (1973).jpg
| caption             = Manfred Zapf in 1973
| fullname            =
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|8|24}}
| birth_place = [[Stapelburg]], [[Soviet occupation zone of Germany]]
| death_date         =
| height              =
| position            = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]
| currentclub         =
| youthyears1 =           {{0|0000}}–1964
| youthclubs1 =           SG Dynamo Stapelburg
| years1 =                 1964–1979
| clubs1 =                 [[1. FC Magdeburg]]
| caps1 =            327  
| goals1 =  29 
| nationalyears1 =         1969–1975
| nationalteam1 =          [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
| nationalcaps1 =    16  
| nationalgoals1 =   0 
| manageryears1 =          1988–1989
| managerclubs1 =          [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
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'''Manfred Zapf''' (born 24 August 1946<ref name=rsssf>{{cite web|last=Arnhold|first=Matthias|title=Manfred Zapf – Matches and Goals in Oberliga|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/zapfdata.html|work=[[RSSSF]]|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|accessdate=17 July 2011|date=15 July 2011}}</ref> in [[Stapelburg]]) is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with [[1. FC Magdeburg]], and captained the club to its greatest successes – three [[DDR-Oberliga|DDR championships]], four [[FDGB Pokal|cups]], and the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] of [[1974 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final|1974]]. In his time with the club he appeared in 327 league matches in the [[DDR-Oberliga]] and played 30 matches in the second-tier [[DDR-Liga]].<ref name=rsssf/>

He won sixteen (respectively 12<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ddr-recintlp.html | title = East Germany – Record International Players | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 1 May 2009 | accessdate = 20 July 2011 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>) caps for [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] between 1969 and 1975,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/zapf-intl.html | title = Manfred Zapf – International Appearances | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 11 November 2004 | accessdate = 20 July 2011 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> and was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Manfred Zapf Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/manfred-zapf-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022537/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/manfred-zapf-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=27 October 2009}}</ref>

Following his retirement from footballing, Zapf joined the backroom staff at FC Magdeburg, and also had a three-month spell as manager of the East Germany national team in 1988–89.

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{{UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning captains}}
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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:German men's footballers]]
[[Category:East German men's footballers]]
[[Category:East Germany men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for East Germany]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:1. FC Magdeburg players]]
[[Category:German football managers]]
[[Category:East German football managers]]
[[Category:East Germany national football team managers]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in football]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:DDR-Oberliga players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bezirk Magdeburg]]
[[Category:People from Harz (district)]]


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