Werner Ipta (18 March 1942 – 22 February 2019) was a

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player who was active in the

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from 1968 to 1970.

Career

His debut was on Christmas Day in 1960 with

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, where he contributed to the 3–1 win against SF Hamborn 07. He continued to play the rest of the year and had a total of three seasons with the Royal Blues. During these years, Schalke placed third, second and sixth. He scored a total of 16 goals and achieved 49 caps for Schalke. He then played for

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

in the Regionalliga Süd for one year, contributing to their second-place finish. He then moved to the

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. After two years in Switzerland he came back to Germany to spend his remaining career in Berlin. He spent four years with

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's first XI and played then for two years for

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in the Stadtliga Berlin (City League Berlin).

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* 1942 births 2019 deaths Bundesliga players FC Schalke 04 players FC Bayern Munich footballers Grasshopper Club Zürich players Hertha BSC players Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers 20th-century German people West German men's footballers West German expatriate men's footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland People from Wattenscheid Footballers from Bochum {{germany-footy-forward-1940s-stub