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Berti
Vogts
(West
Germany)
Hans-Hubert
"Berti" Vogts, started his career in his
hometown club VfR Büttgen. The right-sided defender
was soon picked up by one of West Germany’s top
clubs at the time, Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he
established himself and played for fourteen years.
Nicknamed “Der Terrier” for always fighting for
every ball as it was his last, Vogts was a big
favourite with his home crowd. In 1967, he made his
debut for West Germany and three years later he took
part in his first big tournament, the World Cup in
Mexico. Berti played in every game as the Germans
captured bronzemedals.
Vogts seldom had to
settle for second best at club level. His impressive
roll of honour included five league championships, one
domestic cup title and two UEFA Cup titles all with
the same club, Borussia Mönchengladbach. On a
personal note, he was named German Player of the Year
twice. One trophy that eluded him was the European Cup
which he came very close of winning in 1977 when his
team lost 3-1 to Liverpool in the final in Rome.
By then he was already a
World Cup winner. Three years earlier, West Germany
hosted and won the World Cup with Vogts as one of
their most important players. He played in all the
seven matches including the final where he was marking
the Dutch star Johann Cruyff with success. He was
infact an ever-present in every of the three World
Cups he participated in, making his total of games to
19, beaten by only five other players in World Cup
history.
In 1977, Berti took over
the captaincy of the national team from Franz
Beckenbauer and kept it until after the Argentina
World Cup the following year which was no success for
him or the team as West Germany bowed out in the
second phase. He retired as a player in 1979 and
started working as a scout before taking over the
German national team as coach in 1990 leading them to
victory in Euro 1996.
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