Wolfgang Kraus (born 20 August 1953) is a former German football player.[1]

Wolfgang Kraus
Personal information
Full name Wolfgang Kraus
Date of birth (1953-08-20) 20 August 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Frankfurt, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1971 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1979 Eintracht Frankfurt 174 (29)
1979–1984 Bayern Munich 138 (17)
1984–1986 FC Zürich
1986–1987 Eintracht Frankfurt 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

The son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus (born 3 December 1926, died 1993) appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich and scored 47 goals. Mostly he was used in the midfield.

After his active career he became in November 1986 sports director at Frankfurt but was fired in September 1988 after less than two years. The reason was the sale of star player and idol of the public Lajos Détári. Kraus later stated that he had nothing to do with the sale of Détari.[citation needed]

Honours edit

Bayern Munich

Eintracht Frankfurt

References edit

  1. ^ "Kraus, Wolfgang" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

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