Jünter is the official

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for the

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club

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

since 1998. It is named after Borussia's legendary player

Günter Netzer Günter Theodor Netzer (born 14 September 1944) is a German former professional association football, football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s and, after moving ...

— his first name Günter () is pronounced like "Jünter" () in the local idiom. He is a person dressed in a large

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costume, wearing the team's

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with the number 10 over the costume.''Jünter`s world'' on Borussia Mönchengladbach's Homepage
/ref> He takes part in the pre-match proceedings, attempting to get the crowd going. He has a column in the club's magazine “Fohlen-Echo”, where he gives his view on current football related topics. He also has the section “Jünter hat's gesehen” (“Jünter saw it”) on the club's homepage, where current or historical matches are reviewed.

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