Dieter Bast (born 28 August 1951) is a former German footballer. Career In total Bast played 412 Bundesliga games and scored 54 goals. His Bundesliga debut took place on his 19th birthday for Rot-Weiss Essen. He quickly established himself amongst the squad, however, in search of title-chasing football, he went to VfL Bochum where he played 192 games, and from 1983 until 1986, he played for Bayer Leverkusen. In 1986, he returned to Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2. Bundesliga where he played until his retirement in 1989. Bast played in the Under-23 national team in 1973, and in the National second team between 1976–77. Even though he played Bundesliga football for fifteen steady years, he failed to win a trophy for any team in which he played. Statistics 1 Includes Regionalliga Promotion Playoffs. References External links 1951 births Living people Sportspeople from Oberhausen German footballers Germany B international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Rot-Weiss Essen players VfL Bochum players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Olympic footballers of West Germany West German footballers Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Association football defenders Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia