Forward Dieter Kühn was on the final East German football (soccer) squad at the 1980 Moskva Olympics that won the silver medal after losing the final against Czechoslovakia 1-0. In total, he earned 13 international caps, scoring five goals and 17 more with the GDR Olympic team scoring six goals.
In the GDR Oberliga, Kühn played with 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig from 1974-88 in 294 matches scoring 122 goals. He helped Leipzig to win the East German cup in 1976, 1981, 1986, and 1987. In 1987, Leipzig reached the final in the European Cup Winners’ Cup losing the final against Ajax Amsterdam 1-0. After German re-unification he moved to BSG Chemie Böhlen and FC Sachsen Leipzig. Kühn later worked as a football (soccer) coach in lower leagues.
East Germany