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Rainer Bonhof

1952 - Today

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Rainer Bonhof (born 29 March 1952) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder or wing-back. He was known for his occasional bursts upfield and his fierce shot. He was a key player for the 1974 West Germany national team that won the World Cup (defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final, where he provided the assist to the winning goal). Bonhof was one of the stars for his club side, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and won numerous domestic league and cup titles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rainer Bonhof is the 643rd most popular soccer player (down from 591st in 2019), the 1,930th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,954th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rainer Bonhof ranks 643 out of 21,273Before him are Agne Simonsson, Ian Rush, Hugo Meisl, Viliam Schrojf, Pedro Rocha, and Predrag Mijatović. After him are Miho Kaneda, Pietro Rava, Gerard Piqué, Robert Pires, Hulk, and Ove Kindvall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rainer Bonhof ranks 130Before him are Chen Kaige, Mandy Patinkin, Cristóbal López Romero, Vladislav Tretiak, Nora Miao, and Liz Mitchell. After him are John Walker, Manuel Zelaya, Chazz Palminteri, Kaija Saariaho, Petar Stoyanov, and Bola Tinubu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rainer Bonhof ranks 1,930 out of 7,253Before him are Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Johannes Oecolampadius (1482), Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Fritz Thyssen (1873), and Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654). After him are Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), Edmund Veesenmayer (1904), Christoph Probst (1919), Handrij Zejler (1804), and Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Rainer Bonhof ranks 46Before him are Oliver Bierhoff (1968), Klaus Fischer (1949), Ottmar Walter (1924), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), Philipp Lahm (1983), and Bernd Hölzenbein (1946). After him are Manfred Kaltz (1953), Joachim Streich (1951), Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Bodo Illgner (1967), and Jürgen Sparwasser (1948).