- Dietmar Danner
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Dietmar Danner Personal information Date of birth 29 November 1950 Place of birth Mannheim, Germany Playing position Midfielder Youth career Eintracht Plankstadt Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1970–1971 VfR Mannheim 1971–1980 Borussia Mönchengladbach 179 (27) 1980–1981 FC Schalke 04 19 (0) 1981–1982 1. FC Saarbrücken 1982–1983 LASK Linz National team 1973–1976 Germany 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dietmar Danner (born 29 November 1950 in Mannheim) is a retired German footballer.[1]
Danner won three German championships and one German cup title, as well as two UEFA Cup titles with Borussia Mönchengladbach, with whom he spent the majority of his playing career.[2]
He earned six caps for the German national football team from 1973 to 1976.[3] He missed out on being part of the 1974 World Cup winning West German squad but was included in the for the UEFA Euro 1976.
Danner was a part of "Die Fohlen" during their golden period playing alongside players like Günter Netzer, Rainer Bonhof, Uli Stielike, Bertie Vogts, Allan Simonsen and Jupp Heynckes. Danner was an all around player in an adventurous, attacking, side. His career at the club and international level was cut short by an injury in 1976. Danner never regained full fitness and only played 49 more league games, including his final 19 with Schalke 04.
Honours
- UEFA Euro 1976 runner-up
- European Cup runner-up: 1976–77
- UEFA Cup winner:1974–75, 1978–79
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1972–73, 1979–80
- Bundesliga champion: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
- Bundesliga runner-up: 1973–74, 1977–78
- DFB-Pokal winner: 1972–73
References
- ^ "Dietmar Danner" (in German). fussballdaten.de. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/dannerdietmar/. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ "Dietmar Danner" (in German). Official site. Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH. http://www.borussia.de/de/dietmar_danner,115870,0.html. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ "Statistik – Alle Spieler von A-Z" (in German). Official site. Deutscher Fußball-Bund. http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500003&no_cache=1&action=showPlayer&full=1&liga=Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Danner&cHash=c9bf5c70ed. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1976 Runners-up 
Categories:- 1950 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- 1. FC Saarbrücken players
- LASK Linz players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- VfR Mannheim players
- German football midfielder, 1950s birth stubs
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