Wolf-Rüdiger Netz (born 15 December 1950 in

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

) is a former

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player from

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

. Netz began playing football at SG Dynamo Schwerin when he was eight years old and made his professional debut with SG Dynamo Schwerin in the

DDR-Liga The DDR-Liga (English: GDR League or ''East German League'') was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic, commonly East Germany), bei ...

in the 1968-69 season. Netz joined BFC Dynamo during the summer of 1971. He became five times East German champion in a row with BFC Dynamo. Netz won the silver medal with the East German Olympic team at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

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. Together with his teammates, he was awarded the

Patriotic Order of Merit The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ...

in bronze the same year. The forward also won two caps for the East Germany national team. Netz scored 112 goals in 265 league matches for the record champion BFC Dynamo. Nobody scored more goals for ''die Weinroten'' in the top division of East German football. Only

Hans-Jürgen Riediger Hans Jürgen Riediger (born 20 December 1955) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker for BFC Dynamo, scoring 105 goals in 196 DDR-Oberliga matches. At internation ...

also managed to amass a three-digit number of goals for BFC Dynamo.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Netz, Wolf-Rudiger Sportspeople from Schwerin Living people German men's footballers East German men's footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Berliner FC Dynamo players Olympic medalists in football Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit Men's association football forwards East Germany men's international footballers Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1950 births