Wilfried Hannes

Wilfried Hannes

Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-05-17) 17 May 1957
Place of birth	Düren-Echtz, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Sweeper
Team information
Current team	Borussia Freialdenhoven (manager)
Youth career
	Sportfreunde Düren
	Düren 99
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1986	Borussia Mönchengladbach	261	(58)
1986–1988	Schalke 04	48	(4)
1988	Bellinzona	29	(5)
1989	FC Aarau	13	(1)
Total		351	(68)
International career
1979–1980	West Germany B	6	(1)
1981–1982	West Germany	8	(0)
Managerial career
1991–1994	Alemannia Aachen
1995–1998	Rhenania Würselen
1999–2003	Borussia Freialdenhoven
2003–2004	GFC Düren
2004–	Borussia Freialdenhoven
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfried Hannes (born 17 May 1957) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender, and manager, known for achieving his career despite being visually impaired after a pupil-tumour had caused him to lose his sight in his right eye as a child.

Club career

Hannes was born in Düren-Echtz, Germany. At first a striker, he was a defender in his professional career for Borussia Mönchengladbach, he joined the club during the Bundesliga Championship and UEFA Cup winning season of 1975. He was a fan favourite and a crucial player, he went on to collect two more German Bundesliga titles in 1976 and 1977 and the UEFA Cup in 1979. In his years with the club he also helped them to European Cup runners-up in 1977, UEFA Cup runners-up in 1980 and German Cup runners-up in 1984.

As a sweeper Hannes was renowned for his forward surges and his long distance shots, many resulting in goals. He was also an accomplished header of the ball and his record of 58 goals in 261 games at Borussia Mönchengladbach speaks volumes for Hannes' technique and scoring abilities.

International career

His international career for West Germany lasted for just about one year in the early 1980s. In these months he won eight caps, three of them in the qualification for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He went to the 1982 FIFA World Cup with West Germany and they came runners-up in the tournament but Hannes wasn't used on the pitch. The fact he only made eight appearances was more to do with the great defensive partnership of the Förster brothers at that time rather than his lack of ability.

Lothar Matthäus has been previously quoted has saying that during his early career at Borussia Mönchengladbach he learnt a lot from Wilfried Hannes whilst playing alongside him.

Coaching career

His career as manager includes spells at Alemannia Aachen (1991–1994) and other clubs of the size of fourth divisional outfits. Lately he coached SC Borussia 1912 Freialdenhoven in the fifth division.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1975–76	Bundesliga	9	1			1	0			10	1
	1976–77		21	3			3	1			24	4
	1977–78		21	0	1	0	5	1	2	1	29	2
	1978–79		22	1	1	0	7	0	–		30	1
	1979–80		32	4	3	0	11	2	–		46	6
	1980–81		33	16	5	3	0	0	–		38	19
	1981–82		31	8	4	1	3	1	–		38	10
	1982–83		23	9	2	3	0	0	–		25	12
	1983–84		25	6	6	1	0	0	–		31	7
	1984–85		23	4	2	0	3	0	–		28	4
	1985–86		21	6	2	0	4	0	–		27	6
	Total		261	58	26	8	37	5	2	1	326	72
Schalke 04	1986–87	Bundesliga	27	1	0	0	–		–		27	1
	1987–88		21	3	1	0	–		–		22	3
	Total		48	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	49	4
Bellinzona	1988–89	Swiss Super League	29	5			–				29	5
FC Aarau	1989–90	Swiss Super League	13	1			–				13	1
Career total			351	68	27	8	37	5	2	1	417	82

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach

• Bundesliga: 1975–76, 1976–77
• UEFA Cup: 1978–79

External links

• Wilfried Hannes at WorldFootball.net
• Wilfried Hannes at kicker (in German)
• Wilfried Hannes at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Wilfried Hannes at National-Football-Teams.com