Albert Brülls (26 March 1937 – 28 March 2004) was a German

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who played 25 times for the West Germany national team, including matches in both the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. Domestically he played for and was also captain of

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

between 1955 and 1962. During this time he led the side to their first sporting achievement in 1960, when Borussia won the

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by defeating their archrivals

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

3–1. He then went on to become one of the first Germans to play for a club side outside West Germany, transferring to the Italian team

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for a fee of 100,000 marks.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brulls, Albert 1937 births 2004 deaths People from Viersen (district) Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) German footballers Association football midfielders Germany international footballers Borussia Mönchengladbach players Brescia Calcio players Modena F.C. players Serie A players Serie B players BSC Young Boys players Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the United Team of Germany 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players German football managers BSC Young Boys managers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland