Wolfgang Kraus (born 20 August 1953) is a former

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football player. The son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus (born 3 December 1926, died 1993) appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

and Bayern Munich and scored 47 goals. Mostly he was used in the midfield. After his active career he became in November 1986 sports director at Frankfurt but was fired in September 1988 after less than two years. The reason was the sale of star player and idol of the public

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. Kraus later stated that he had nothing to do with the sale of Détari.

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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: 1979–80, 1980–81 *

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: 1981–82, 1983–84 * European Cup: runner-up 1981–82 Eintracht Frankfurt *

: 1973–74, 1974–75

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Wolfgang Kraus
at eintracht-archiv.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kraus, Wolfgang 1953 births Living people German footballers Germany B international footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Zürich players Bundesliga players Eintracht Frankfurt non-playing staff Association football midfielders Footballers from Frankfurt West German footballers West German expatriate footballers