Johannes Christian "Hans" Pflügler (born 27 March 1960) is a German former professional
footballer
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. He could operate as either a
left-back
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or a
central defender
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, and played solely for
Bayern Munich
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, winning ten major titles and appearing in nearly 400 official games.
Pflügler represented
West Germany
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at the
1990 World Cup
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and won the tournament. He also appeared at the
Euro 1988.
Club career
Born in
Freising
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, Pflügler made his professional debut in
1981–82 with the only club he ever knew, local
FC Bayern Munich
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. In his first season he was an unused substitute in the
European Cup Final.
After two experimental seasons he became first-choice, scoring a total of 27
Bundesliga
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goals from
1983
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to
1988 and playing all the matches and minutes in the
1986–87 European Cup, as the team finally
finished second to
FC Porto
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.
After helping the
Bavaria
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ns to five leagues and three
cups
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, Pflügler only managed to make 14 appearances in the
1991–92 campaign, and decided to retire. However, a flood of injuries to the side in 1995 prompted a request by manager
Giovanni Trapattoni
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which the player accepted, appearing on 8 April in a home game against
1. FC Kaiserslautern
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where he was also
booked; even more astonishingly, he spent the entire 2001–02 with
the B team in
Regionalliga Süd, helping them to a final tenth place at the age of 42.
International career
Pflügler earned 11
caps
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for the
Germany national team, making his debut on 25 March 1987 in a
friendly with
Israel
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. He was selected for the squad at
the following year's
UEFA European Championship
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.
Pflügler was also picked for the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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as
Andreas Brehme's backup, playing 90 minutes of the 1–1 group-stage draw against
Colombia
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for the eventual champions.
Personal life
Pflügler is an
engineer
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with a diploma. He was also connected with Bayern's merchandising departments, where he already worked before being summoned out of retirement for the first time.
Pflügler also operated
Pension
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Pflügler, in his hometown.
Honours
Bayern Munich
*
Bundesliga
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:
1984–85,
1985–86,
1986–87,
1988–89,
1989–90
*
DFB-Pokal
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:
1981–82,
1983–84,
1985–86; runner-up
1984–85
*
European Cup
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runner-up:
1986–87[
*]DFL-Supercup
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: 1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
, 1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
Germany
*FIFA World Cup
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: 1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
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See also
* List of one-club men
References
External links
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Pension Pflügler official website
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1960 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Freising
Footballers from Upper Bavaria
West German men's footballers
German men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Bundesliga players
FC Bayern Munich footballers
FC Bayern Munich II players
Germany men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 1988 players
1990 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA World Cup–winning players
FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff