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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 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 369,784 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Günter Netzer is the 161st most popular soccer player (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 881st in 2019) and the 13th 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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Günter Netzer ranks 161 out of 16,880. Before him are Ivica Osim, Wim Jansen, Berti Vogts, Allan Simonsen, József Bozsik, and Grzegorz Lato. After him are Wolfgang Overath, Davor Šuker, Ruud Krol, Gérson, Héctor Castro, and Masao Nozawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Günter Netzer ranks 73. Before him are Maria João Pires, David J. Wineland, Bernard Cornwell, Nelson Freire, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, and Jean-Pierre Sauvage. After him are Klaus Nomi, Bernhard Schlink, Serge Haroche, Jeroen Krabbé, Thein Sein, and Gérard Mourou.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günter Netzer ranks 1,002 out of 6,142. Before him are Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Emil Jellinek (1853), Max Liebermann (1847), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), Georg Wittig (1897), and Erhard Heiden (1901). After him are Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Eugen Dühring (1833), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Klaus Nomi (1944), and Bernhard Schlink (1944).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Günter Netzer ranks 13. Before him are Paul Breitner (1951), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Uwe Seeler (1936), Rudi Völler (1960), Felix Magath (1953), and Berti Vogts (1946). After him are Wolfgang Overath (1943), Harald Schumacher (1954), Helmut Schön (1915), Michael Ballack (1976), Helmut Rahn (1929), and Manuel Neuer (1986).

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