Dieter Kurrat

Dieter Kurrat
Personal information
Date of birth	15 May 1942
Place of birth	Dortmund, Germany
Date of death	27 October 2017 (aged 75)
Place of death	Holzwickede, Germany
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
	FC Merkur
	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1974	Borussia Dortmund
1974–1976	SV Holzwickede
International career
1960	West Germany U18
1965	West Germany U23
Managerial career
1973	Borussia Dortmund
1974–1976	SV Holzwickede
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter 'Hoppi' Kurrat (15 May 1942 – 27 October 2017) was a German football player and coach. His brother, Hans-Jürgen Kurrat, also played football professionally.

Career

As a player, he spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga (a German professional association football league) with Borussia Dortmund.^[1] Nicknamed "Hoppy", he became a club legend, winning the German Championship, the DFB Cup, in 1965 and the European Cup Winner's Cup in 1966.

Death

Kurrat died on 27 October 2017.^[2]

Honours

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1965–66
Bundesliga runner-up: 1965–66
DFB-Pokal winner: 1964–65; finalist 1962–63

References

^ "Kurrat, Dieter". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ "Der Kleinste war der Größte" (in German). bvb.de. Retrieved 27 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Dieter Kurrat at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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