Dieter Herzog (born 15 July 1946 in Oberhausen) is a former German international football player. Herzog played more than 350

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matches (69 goals) for

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in his professional career, after starting his senior career with Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 in a lower division and joining Düsseldorf a year before the club returned to the Bundesliga in 1971. He was part of the Düsseldorf team that ended third in the Bundesliga in 1972–73 and 1973–74, the season in which he made the biggest impact. In 1976 the left-sided winger joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen when the club was attempting to build a squad that could lead them all the way up to the Bundesliga. In fact, they succeeded and enabled Herzog to play four more season in the best German division then. In the prime of his game in the years before the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Dieter Herzog was called up by

Helmut Schön Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West German national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including ...

to represent

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five times in 1974. As he also came to action in the games against

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and Sweden in the second round of the tournament, he played a part in the host nation winning the World Cup on that occasion. Employed by Bayer 04 Leverkusen-sponsor Bayer after the end of his career, Dieter Herzog worked as a scout for his old club later on.

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* 1946 births Living people Footballers from Oberhausen German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers Fortuna Düsseldorf players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players 1974 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Sterkrade Men's association football midfielders West German men's footballers Bayer 04 Leverkusen non-playing staff {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub