Günther Herrmann (11 September 1939 – 22 July 2023) was a German

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who was capped nine times for the West Germany national team. Herrmann started his club career with

Eintracht Trier SV Eintracht Trier 05 is a German association football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. It was formed on 11 March 1948 out of the merger of Westmark 05 Trier and Eintracht Trier 06, on the 43rd anniversary of the establishment of pred ...

(1956–1958) and

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(1958–1963). He moved to Schalke 04 for the 1963–64 season and made 110 league appearances for them over the next four seasons. He returned to Karlsruher SC for the 1967–68 season, and then moved to FC Sion (1968–1975). Herrmann was a member of the German squad at the

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. Herrmann died on 22 July 2023, at the age of 83.

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* 1939 births 2023 deaths Sportspeople from Trier German men's footballers West German men's footballers Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Men's association football midfielders Germany men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players SV Eintracht Trier 05 players Karlsruher SC players FC Schalke 04 players FC Sion players West German expatriate men's footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland {{germany-footy-forward-1930s-stub