Wolfgang Paul (footballer)
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| Full name | Wolfgang Paul | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Olsberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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| VfL Schwerte | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1971 | Borussia Dortmund | 198 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Wolfgang Paul (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈpaʊ̯l] (
listen); born 25 January 1940 in Olsberg, Province of Westphalia) is a German former football player.[1]
Captaining Borussia Dortmund to the European Cup Winners Cup in 1966, Paul got included in Helmut Schön's West German national football team for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[2] Despite this, the defender never played a match for West Germany and had to retire early because Wolfgang picked up an injury in the late 1960s.
Honours[change | change source]
- 1966 FIFA World Cup runner-up
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1965–66
- Bundesliga runner-up: 1965–66
- DFB-Pokal winner: 1964–65
- DFB-Pokal finalist: 1962–63
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Wolfgang Paul" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ↑ "German World Cup squads". dfb.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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