Angelo Vier (born 23 April 1972) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker
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. He is the sporting director of
BFC Dynamo
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.
Career
Vier spent one season in the
Bundesliga
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with
SV Werder Bremen
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.
Post-playing career
Following his retirement Vier worked as a
player agent and as a consultant to
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
.
In August 2017, Vier was announced as the
sporting director
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of
FC Ingolstadt 04, succeeding
Thomas Linke
Thomas Linke (born 26 December 1969) is a retired German professional footballer. He played as a central defender an last worked as the director of football of FC Ingolstadt 04.
Linke was remembered as a hard-nosed tackler with tremendous headi ...
. He signed a two-year contract with the
2. Bundesliga
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club.
Honours
*
2. Bundesliga
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top scorer: 1997 with
Rot-Weiss Essen, 1998 with
FC Gütersloh
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References
1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from East Berlin
Men's association football forwards
German men's footballers
East German men's footballers
German expatriate men's footballers
FC Gueugnon players
SAS Épinal players
SC Verl players
SV Werder Bremen players
Arminia Bielefeld players
Rot-Weiss Essen players
SK Rapid Wien players
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
VfL Osnabrück players
FC Gütersloh players
Ligue 2 players
Footballers from Berlin
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
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