Wolfgang Kraus is a former German

Germany

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 player.

The son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus (* 03. December 1926 · † 1993) appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

 and Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

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 and scored 47 goals. Mostly he was used in the midfield.

After his active career he became sports director at Frankfurt but was fired after less than two years. The reason was the sale of star player and idol of the public Lajos Détári

Lajos Détári

Lajos Détári is a football manager and a retired Hungarian football midfielder. At the height of his career , he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" titles in Hungary, Greece and Switzerland.-Playing career:Détári made his debut for the Hungarian national...

. Kraus later stated that he had nothing to do with the sale of Détari.

Honours

• German champion
  German football champions
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  : 1980 and 1981 with Bayern Munich
• German cup
  DFB-Pokal
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  : 1974 and 1975 with Eintracht Frankfurt, 1982 and 1984 with Bayern Munich
• European Cup
  UEFA Champions League
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   runner-up 1982 with Bayern Munich

Career as sports director

• Sports director at Eintracht Frankfurt (November 1986 - September 1988)

Oddities

• The first issue of the instant dismissal of his sports director at Eintracht was interjected through an opened rest room window. The second one was handed over properly.

External links

• Wolfgang Kraus at eintracht-archiv.de