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Günter Netzer

1944 - Today

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Günter Theodor Netzer (born 14 September 1944) is a German former professional football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s and, after moving to Spain in 1973, with Real Madrid. A technically gifted playmaker, Netzer played as an attacking midfielder or as a deep-lying playmaker and is considered one of the greatest midfielders and passers in the game's history. He was voted German Footballer of the Year twice, in 1972 and 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Günter Netzer is the 374th most popular soccer player (down from 183rd in 2019), the 1,298th most popular biography from Germany (down from 907th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Soccer Player.

Günter Netzer is most famous for his time as a player for the German national team and as a midfielder for the German club Borussia Mönchengladbach. He is also known for being the youngest player to ever play in the Bundesliga.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Günter Netzer ranks 374 out of 21,273. Before him are Yasuo Haruyama, Ramón Díaz, Tamotsu Asakura, Koji Miyata, Saizo Saito, and Jari Litmanen. After him are Rinat Dasayev, Mesut Özil, Thomas Müller, Shigeo Sugimoto, Elías Figueroa, and Hiroshi Saeki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Günter Netzer ranks 124. Before him are Max Romeo, Peter Tosh, Patrick Depailler, Jan Guillou, Michael Nyman, and Geneviève Grad. After him are Ram Chandra Poudel, Ren Zhengfei, Rexhep Meidani, Salmaan Taseer, Leila Khaled, and Seán Patrick O'Malley.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günter Netzer ranks 1,298 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Prandtl (1875), Werner Haase (1900), August Landmesser (1910), Niklot (1100), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), and Theodor Busse (1897). After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), Beatrice of Swabia (1198), Amalia of Oldenburg (1818), Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), and Lucius Antonius Saturninus (20).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Günter Netzer ranks 23. Before him are Felix Magath (1953), Harald Schumacher (1954), Niko Kovač (1971), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Michael Ballack (1976), and Manuel Neuer (1986). After him are Mesut Özil (1988), Thomas Müller (1989), Sepp Herberger (1897), Helmut Haller (1939), Jens Lehmann (1969), and Toni Kroos (1990).

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