Hans-Günter Bruns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hans-Günter Bruns

German football player and coach

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1954

Place of Birth: Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Hans-Günter Bruns

  • Hans-Günter Bruns (born 15 November 1954) is a retired German footballer who played as a midfielder.Bruns was a typical German footballer.
  • Powerfully built, technically good, strong in the tackle, and tactically excellent. Bruns was at Gladbach twice, his second stint reaching 10 years and encompassing 301 Bundesliga appearances with 55 goals scored. As a player, Bruns was the type to make bursting runs from deep in midfield.
  • He supported attacks, instigated moves and helped defend his back-line.
  • German football in the '70s and '80s had plenty of great players in that position. Having started out as a midfielder for Schalke, the North Rhine-Westphalia-born star eventually evolved into one of the finest sweepers of his generation.
  • Part of the Gladbach side that went all the way to 1979 UEFA Cup glory, Bruns is part of Bundesliga folklore for a moment during an encounter with Bayern where he ran past almost every opposition player before seeing his shot strike both posts and fail to go in.Years after his retirement, he achieved mild publicity as a result of a video shared on various video streaming and social media sites.
  • The video, showing a clip from a 1983 match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich, and titled The Greatest Goal Never Scored, showed Bruns collecting the ball under pressure near his own corner flag, beating three Bayern Munich players as he ran almost the entire length of the pitch, exchanging a pass with a Borussia Mönchengladbach striker that allowed him on goal, only for his shot to hit the inside of one post, roll across goal and hit the other post, before rebounding into the arms of the Munich keeper.

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