Michael Kutzop (born 24 March 1955) is a German former professional

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who played as a defender. He spent seven seasons in the

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with

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and SV Werder Bremen. Kutzop took arguably the most famous

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in the history of

. On the penultimate game day of the 1985–86 season Kutzop's league-leading SV Werder Bremen were playing second-placed Bayern Munich. Werder's victory in that game would guarantee them the title. With the score of 0–0 Kutzop took the penalty kick in the 88th minute and hit the right goalpost. The game ended 0–0. On the last game day Bayern Munich beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 6–0, Werder lost 2–1 to

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(the team they beat 6–0 earlier in the season) and Bayern took the title on goal difference. That was the only penalty kick he missed in 15 attempts during his Bundesliga years. Today he works at

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's football school in

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, Majorca, Spain.

Honours

Werder Bremen *

: 1987–88; runner-up: 1984–85, 1985–86 *

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finalist: 1988–89, 1989–90 * DFL-Supercup:

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References

1955 births Living people German footballers German people of Polish descent Association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Kickers Offenbach players SV Werder Bremen players People from Lubliniec {{germany-footy-defender-1950s-stub