Walter Wagner (born 26 July 1949) is a German former professional

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who played as a striker. His nickname was "Wawa".

Career

Wagner played for

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between 1969 and 1971. In the 1971 he played for one season in

SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...

, a 2nd division team. Afterwards, he played in

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for 2 seasons. In the summer of 1974Wagner moved to

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and played for

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

. On 12 December 1976 he scored a hat-trick on a 4–1 against

Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...

He was a member of the squad that made it to the

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of the

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, scoring in total on both legs against

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for the

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. He also scored the winner in the match against

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

on 13 March 1977. In the summer of 1977, although there was the intention to stay as long as he acquired Greek citizenship, his contract was ultimately not renewed. He then signed at

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for a season and in 1978 he played for

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

without a particular success. Wagner moved in the

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and the

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and in 1979 he returned to Germany where he played for

SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club draws its name from the Röchling family, owners of the Völklingen Ironworks steel factory, a former ...

, but he soon returned to Greece to play for

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, ...

. He left after one year and ended his career with German club

SG Wattenscheid 09 SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club located in Wattenscheid, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claimed an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier ...

References

External links

Profile at Eintracht Frankfurt Archive
1949 births Living people German footballers Association football forwards Bundesliga players Super League Greece players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Eintracht Frankfurt players SSV Reutlingen 05 players FK Austria Wien players AEK Athens F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players Los Angeles Aztecs players SV Röchling Völklingen players Panachaiki F.C. players SG Wattenscheid 09 players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece German expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States {{germany-footy-forward-1940s-stub