Lutz Lindemann (born 13 July 1949) is a German professional football coach and former player. In the top division of East German football, the DDR-Oberliga, he played for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and FC Carl Zeiss Jena. After his football career, the former GDR international was, among other things, a coach at FC Erzgebirge Aue and club president at FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Club career Lutz Lindemann played in his youth at Aufbau/Empor Halberstadt and the 1. FC Magdeburg. In 1967, after a move from Magdeburg to BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt was not permitted, he went back to his hometown and there to BSG Lokomotiv Halberstadt. In 1970, he moved to Motor Nordhausen and finally came to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 1971. There he played until 1977, until he moved to the Thuringian rival FC Carl Zeiss Jena, where he played until his career in 1981 and celebrated his greatest successes. Among them was the FDGB Cup victory in 1980 in the final against his old club from Erfurt. In the DDR Oberliga, Lindemann played 205 games, scoring 42 goals. With Carl Zeiss, he reached the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where the Thuringian team lost in the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf with 1–2 against Dinamo Tbilisi. He scored 23 times in 50 games in the GDR league and 7 times in 21 games in the European Cup. International career On 7 September 1977, he made his debut in the football national team of the GDR at the 1–0 defeat against Scotland in Berlin. Three years later he finished his last international match against Spain with draw (0-0). In total, he won 21 for East Germany and scored two goals. Selection inserts As a member of the newly founded 1. FC Magdeburg, Lindemann completed four international matches with the DFV U-18 team in 1966. He was not nominated for the GDR squad of his year, which was eliminated in the preliminary round of the UEFA youth tournament in Turkey in spring 1967. In the 1970s, when the U-21s and U-23s sometimes played in parallel, the midfielder, who was now active at FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, was called up in eight matches for the GDR youth team. On 7 September 1977, he made his senior debut for the GDR national team in a 1-0 win against Scotland in East Berlin. Three years later he played his last international match against Spain (0-0) in Leipzig.