Dietmar Danner is a retired German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 footballer.

Danner won three German championships and one German cup title, as well as two UEFA Cup titles with Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

, with whom he spent the majority of his playing career.

He earned six caps for the German national football team

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

 from 1973 to 1976. He missed out on being part of the 1974 World Cup winning West German squad but was included in the for the UEFA Euro 1976.

Danner was a part of "Die Fohlen" during their golden period playing alongside players like Günter Netzer

Günter Netzer

Günter Theodor Netzer is a former German football player and team general manager currently working in the media business. As a player, he was considered to be one of the greatest passers in the game's history...

, Rainer Bonhof

Rainer Bonhof

Rainer Bonhof is a former German footballer. He was a defensive midfielder or wing-back.-Playing career:...

, Uli Stielike

Uli Stielike

Ulrich "Uli" Stielike is a German football manager and former player.-Club career:Stielike was a West Germany youth international for hometown club SpVgg Ketsch when he got signed by UEFA Cup runner-up Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973, first coming to action as a full back for the then two times...

, Bertie Vogts, Allan Simonsen

Allan Simonsen

Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a former Danish footballer and manager. He most prominently played for German team Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup WInners' Cup...

 and Jupp Heynckes

Jupp Heynckes

Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...

. Danner was an all around player in an adventurous, attacking, side. His career at the club and international level was cut short by an injury in 1976. Danner never regained full fitness and only played 49 more league games, including his final 19 with Schalke 04.

Honours

• UEFA Euro 1976 runner-up
• European Cup
  UEFA Champions League
  The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
  
   runner-up: 1976–77
• UEFA Cup winner:1974–75, 1978–79
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1972–73, 1979–80
• Bundesliga
  Fußball-Bundesliga
  The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
  
   champion: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
• Bundesliga
  Fußball-Bundesliga
  The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
  
   runner-up: 1973–74, 1977–78
• DFB-Pokal
  DFB-Pokal
  The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
  
   winner: 1972–73