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Günter Netzer
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Günter Netzer is a German former association football player and coach who played as a midfielder. Born in Mönchengladbach in 1944, he represented the Germany men's national association football team and participated in UEFA Euro 1972 and the 1974 FIFA World Cup. His club career included stints with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Real Madrid CF. His professional work period spanned from 1963 to 1978.
Netzer received the German Footballer of the Year award, the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, and induction into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame. He is also listed as an author of the work *Wembley 1972*. Following his playing career, he was employed by Infront Sports & Media.
Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Wembley 1972
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Mönchengladbach, Germany
Known for
- Beckenbauer — Self - Interviewee2024
- Der Ball war mein Freund - Zum 75. Geburtstag von Franz Beckenbauer — Self2020
- Servus Uli – A Life for FC Bayern — Self2019
- Fußball – Ein Leben: Franz Beckenbauer — Self2015
- Sportclub Story — Self2015
- 50 Jahre Bundesliga - Best of Bundesliga 1963-20132013
- Ligafieber — Self2013
- Das Wunder von Wien — Self2008
- Die WM-Show mit Jörg Pilawa — Self2006
- Die Besten im Westen — self2005
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42
- Total plays
- 261
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/G%C3%BCnter+Netzer">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
· 2011 · cited 7,945x
- Nanotoxicology: An Emerging Discipline Evolving from Studies of Ultrafine Particles
· 2005 · cited 6,510x
- Development of recommendations for SEMG sensors and sensor placement procedures
· 2000 · cited 5,870x
- Surface plasmon resonance sensors: review
· 1999 · cited 4,748x
- The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome
· 2013 · cited 4,635x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Full name
- Günter Theodor Netzer
- Date of birth
- ( 1944-09-14 ) 14 September 1944 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Mönchengladbach , Germany
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- 1952 1963
- 1. FC Mönchengladbach
- Years
- Team
- 1963 1973
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 1973 1976
- Real Madrid
- 1976 1977
- Grasshopper Club Zürich
- 1965 1975
- West Germany
- 1977 1985
- Hamburger SV (general manager)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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.
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