Dietmar Danner (born 29 November 1950) is a German former professional

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Club career

Danner won three German championships and one

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title, as well as two

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titles with Borussia Mönchengladbach, with whom he spent the majority of his playing career. Danner was a part of Mönchengladbach during their golden period playing alongside players like

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, Rainer Bonhof,

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, Bertie Vogts,

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and Jupp Heynckes. Danner was an all around player in an adventurous, attacking, side. His career at the club and international level was cut short by an injury in 1976. Danner never regained full fitness and only played 49 more league games, including his final 19 with

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International career

He earned six caps for the West Germany national team from 1973 to 1976. He missed out on being part of the 1974 World Cup winning West German squad but was included for the

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Honours

runner-up * European Cup runner-up: 1976–77 *

: 1974–75, 1978–79; runner-up: 1972–73, 1979–80 *

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: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77; runner-up: 1973–74, 1977–78 *

: 1972–73

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* * * * 1950 births Living people German footballers Germany international footballers UEFA Euro 1976 players Borussia Mönchengladbach players FC Schalke 04 players 1. FC Saarbrücken players LASK players Bundesliga players VfR Mannheim players UEFA Cup winning players Association football midfielders Footballers from Mannheim West German footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria West German expatriate footballers {{germany-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub