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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 passers in the game's history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günter Netzer has received more than 398,743 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Günter Netzer is the 183rd most popular soccer player (down from 161st in 2019), the 907th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,002nd in 2019) and the 17th 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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  • 62.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Günter Netzer ranks 183 out of 21,273. Before him are Peter Shilton, Stjepan Bobek, Clarence Seedorf, Carles Rexach, Telmo Zarra, and Vittorio Pozzo. After him are Kenny Dalglish, Luis Suárez, Thomas Tuchel, Héctor Castro, Andrea Pirlo, and Johnny Rep.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Günter Netzer ranks 80. Before him are Nǃxau ǂToma, Kary Mullis, Ashraf Marwan, R. Lee Ermey, W. G. Sebald, and Gianni Morandi. After him are Thein Sein, Michelle Phillips, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Antonio Damasio, Coluche, and Bernard Hill.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günter Netzer ranks 907 out of 7,253. Before him are Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Rainer Weiss (1932), Gershom Scholem (1897), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), and Bertha Benz (1849). After him are Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Max Delbrück (1906), Ernst Chain (1906), Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), and William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Günter Netzer ranks 17. Before him are Fritz Walter (1920), Bert Trautmann (1923), Berti Vogts (1946), Helmut Rahn (1929), Harald Schumacher (1954), and Felix Magath (1953). After him are Thomas Tuchel (1973), Michael Ballack (1976), Manuel Neuer (1986), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), and Mesut Özil (1988).

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