Walter Wagner (footballer)

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Walter Wagner
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Wagner in 1979
Personal information
Full name Walter-Michael Wagner
Date of birth (1949-07-26) 26 July 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Lohra, Germany
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1969 VfB Altenvers
1969–1971 Eintracht Frankfurt 11 (0)
1971–1972 SSV Reutlingen
1972–1974 Austria Wien
1974–1977 AEK Athens 92 (40)
1977–1978 Aris 28 (6)
1978–1979 Panathinaikos 17 (3)
1979 Los Angeles Aztecs 21 (8)
1979–1980 SV Röchling Völklingen
1980–1981 Panachaiki 21 (3)
1981–1982 SG Wattenscheid 09 17 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Wagner (born 26 July 1949) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. His nickname was "Wawa".

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Career

Wagner played for Eintracht Frankfurt between 1969 and 1971. [1] In the 1971 he played for one season in SSV Reutlingen, a 2nd division team. Afterwards, he played in Austria Wien for 2 seasons.

In the summer of 1974 Wagner moved to Greece and played for AEK Athens. On 12 December 1976 he scored a hat-trick on a 4–1 against Ethnikos Piraeus He was a member of the squad that made it to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, scoring in total on both legs against Derby County for the second round. [2] He also scored the winner in the match against Olympiacos on 13 March 1977. [3] In the summer of 1977, although there was the intention to stay as long as he acquired Greek citizenship, his contract was ultimately not renewed. [4]

He then signed at Aris for a season and in 1978 he played for Panathinaikos without a particular success. [5]

Wagner moved in the USA and the Los Angeles Aztecs and in 1979 he returned to Germany where he played for SV Röchling Völklingen, but he soon returned to Greece to play for Panachaiki. He left after one year and ended his career with German club SG Wattenscheid 09.

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References

  1. ↑ "Walter Wagner" (in German). Fussball Daten. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Η μεγάλη ΑΕΚ θάμπωνε την Ευρώπη, νίκη σταθμός με την Ντέρμπι Κάουντι". enwsi.gr. 20 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "AEK OΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ 1-0 1976-77". 18 March 2011 – via youtube.com.
  4. ↑ "Βάλτερ Βάγκνερ". kitrinomavro.gr.
  5. ↑ Alexander, Mastrogiannopoulos (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF . Retrieved 17 August 2009.


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