Historical profile
Career overview
Gerd Zewe (born 13 June 1950) is a German former football player and manager. Zewe was a youngster for SV Stennweiler and an amateur for Borussia Neunkirchen. Starting his career with his sole professional club, Fortuna Düsseldorf, in midfield, he was later used as sweeper and appeared in 440 Bundesliga matches (42 goals), which is still a Bundesliga record for the club. Zewe was part of the Düsseldorf team that reached the DFB-Pokal final on three consecutive occasions from 1978 to 1980, carrying the trophy home in 1979 and 1980. In 1979, he further won a European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up medal with Düsseldorf, getting beaten after extra-time by FC Barcelona at St. Jakob Stadium, Basel. In 1987, he left Fortuna Düsseldorf after 15 years to team up with Kickers Würzburg to see out his career on amateur level. Zewe's career for West Germany lasted for only four matches, but earned him a