Günter Kutowski (born 2 August 1965) is a German retired professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...

, Kutowski joined

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

in 1984 at the age of 19, arriving from local amateurs 1. FC Paderborn. He made his

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debut on 2 March 1985 in a 1–1 home draw against

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, and finished his first season with 16 complete matches as the club ranked in 14th position and avoided relegation by just one point. In eight of the following 11 years, Kutowski was an automatic first-choice for the ''Black and Yellow'', scoring his first goal in the top division on 10 August 1985 in a 1–1 draw at 1. FC Saarbrucken. In the 1992–93 campaign he appeared in 40 official games, including eight in the team's runner-up run in the

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. Kutowski left Borussia in 1996, joining lower league side TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus. His last stop as a professional came in 1996–97, as he played a few matches with Rot-Weiss Essen who ultimately suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga; he retired altogether at 36, and subsequently became a player's agent.

Honours

Borussia Dortmund *

: 1994–95, 1995–96 *

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1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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: 1988–89 *

: runner-up 1992–93

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kutowski, Gunter 1965 births Living people Footballers from Paderborn German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players Rot-Weiss Essen players SC Paderborn 07 players West German men's footballers