Olaf Backasch

Olaf Backasch

200px Backasch (left) in 1990
Personal information
Full name	Olaf Backasch
Date of birth	(1965-10-04) 4 October 1965
Place of birth	Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1984	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1991	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt
1991–1992	FC Berlin
1993–1994	Tennis Borussia Berlin	16	(2)
1996–2000	Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olaf Backasch (born 4 October 1965 in Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany) is a retired German footballer.

Playing career

Backasch played for BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt during the final years of the German Democratic Republic and reached the final of the 1990–91 NOFV-Pokal, where they lost 1–0 to F.C. Hansa Rostock. After a stint playing for FC Berlin, Backasch transferred to Tennis Borussia Berlin, making 16 appearances for them during the 1993–94 2. Bundesliga season. In 1996, he moved back to his home-town club Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl, where he played until his retirement in 2000.

External links

• Olaf Backasch profile at Fussballdaten
• Olaf Backasch at kicker.de (German)