Career
His career took place in East Germany, then an independent state known as German Democratic Republic. Kleiminger, born in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, originally played for BSG Motor Wismar. In 1956 he joined first division club South Carolina Empor Rostock which in 1965 mutated into Football Club Hansa Rostock.
The forward stayed there until 1970 and scored 62 goals in 186 league matches.
In this period the club was four times runner-up in the championship and three times finalist in the cup competition. Between 1970 and 1974 he played for the second division side TSG Wismar.
From 1976 to 1981 he served as coach for second division club TSG Bau Rostock, nowadays know as Rostocker Football Club. Kleiminger survived a massive heart attack in 1997, and had a bypass operation in 1998. He died from cancer on 16 April 2015 in Rostock aged 76.
Football Club Magdeburg.