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He joined Bayer 04 in 1980 and also played for Germany at youth level. In 1982 he played in the final of the U16 European Championships where Germany lost 1-0 against Italy. He made a total of 25 youth international appearances and was a very big talent. The hard working and technically skilled midfielder signed his first professional contract at Bayer 04 in 1983 but mainly played for the Werkself reserve team. In the Rückrunde of the 1983/84 season he made his Bundesliga debut on matchday 23 coming on at Westfalenstadion in Dortmund on 83 minutes.
Manni played seven games in Germany's top flight and once in the DFB Pokal for the Werkself but was never in the starting line-up. In the summer he moved to Union Solingen in Bundesliga two where he made seven appearances before ending his career at the age of 22 due to a serious knee injury. He did play at amateur level for SSB 09 Bergisch Gladbach and Borussia Freialdenhoven. During this phase he started his second career, training youth teams at TuS Höhenhaus and Bergisch Gladbach and he successfully completed a football coach course at the German Sports University in Cologne in 1990.
After two brief periods as coach of the men's teams at SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach (1990-1992) and Düren 99 (1993-1995) he moved on to the youth teams.
Today he works in our scouting section focusing on top talents.
Dear Manni, Happy 60th birthday! I wish you above all health and all the best. Have a good one.
Tranquillo Barnetta was born in St. Gallen in Switzerland on 22 May 1985. Quillo, as he was called in the football world, has Italian roots. His great-grandfather emigrated from Italy to the east of Switzerland. Quillo was interested in football early on and he played for the St. Gallen club FC Rotmonten from the age of six. He joined his favourite club FC St. Gallen at the age of 11. There he became a youth international. He won the European Championships with his teammates in the Switzerland U17 team in 2002. The youngsters from Switzerland beat France 4-2 on penalties in the final to become U17 European champions.
Show moreSince the establishment of the Bundesliga on 28 July 1962 for the 1963/64 season, there have been five Regional Leagues: North, Berlin, West, South-west and South. The champions of those five leagues qualified directly for promotion play-offs that were played in two groups of four teams. That included the two second-placed teams in the West and South-west Regional Leagues. The two runners-up from the North and the South played a qualifier for the eighth place in the promotion games.
Show moreIn this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of May. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
Show moreThere were high summer temperatures in Leverkusen on 25 May 1985. Matchday 32 brings FC Köln to the Ulrich Haberland Stadium with only 13,000 spectators at the derby. That is primarily due to the Werkself with Bayer 04 rarely impressing in that season and they are eleventh in the table before the game just three points ahead of sixteenth, the play-off spot. But with the two points for a win rule back then – two points were awarded for a win – and with the significantly better goal difference, the Werkself need every point to get out of trouble.
Show moreIt was all or nothing on the final matchday in the Verbandsliga in the 1974/75 season. Only now would it be decided who were champions and thereby participate in the promotion games to the Bundesliga 2 North. The earlier rivals Viktoria Köln, SC Jülich 10 and Bonner SC have fallen by the wayside.
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