Rainer Troppa (2 August 1958 – 9 September 2023) was a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender. Troppa began his professional career with BSG Energie Cottbus. He was transferred to

BFC Dynamo Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Ber ...

when BSG Energie Cottbus was relegated to second tier

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after the

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season. Troppa was part of the squad of the first team of BFC Dynamo in the 1976-77 season, but only played for the BFC Dynamo team in the youth Next Generation Oberliga () ( de) in the 1976-77 season. He made his first appearance for the first team of BFC Dynamo in the

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on the 17th matchday of the 1977-78 DDR-Oberliga at home against

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on 17 March 1978. Troppa played for the East Germany national team, featuring in the unsuccessful qualifying campaigns for the

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and

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World Cups and the 1984 European Championship. Troppa died in September 2023, at the age of 65.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Troppa, Rainer 1958 births 2023 deaths East German men's footballers Men's association football defenders East Germany men's international footballers DDR-Oberliga players FC Energie Cottbus players Berliner FC Dynamo players SV Lichtenberg 47 players People from Spree-Neiße