Wolfgang Kraus (born 20 August 1953) is a former

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player. The son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus (born 3 December 1926, died 1993) appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

and

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and scored 47 goals. Mostly he was used in the midfield. After his active career he became in November 1986 sports director at Frankfurt but was fired in September 1988 after less than two years. The reason was the sale of star player and idol of the public

Lajos Détári Lajos László Détári (born 24 April 1963) is a Hungarian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. At the height of his career (1984–1994), he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" ...

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

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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: 1979–80, 1980–81 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

: 1981–82, 1983–84 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a round robi ...

: runner-up 1981–82 Eintracht Frankfurt *

: 1973–74, 1974–75

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Wolfgang Kraus
at eintracht-archiv.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kraus, Wolfgang 1953 births Living people German men's footballers Germany men's B international footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Zürich players Bundesliga players Eintracht Frankfurt non-playing staff Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Frankfurt West German men's footballers West German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland West German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland