Hans-Günter Bruns

Bruns did not register with a football club in his hometown until he was 11 years old, having spent many years playing soccer on the street. At 17, he moved to Schalke 04. In the Bundesliga he was active from 1973 to 1990, playing for FC Schalke 04, SG Wattenscheid 09, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Borussia Mönchengladbach (twice). In his first years as a professional, he played in midfield, later especially on the Libero position. In 1979, he was in the squad of the team Borussia Mönchengladbach, the UEFA Cup winner, and scored on the way to the final matches against Red Star Belgrade, in which he did not participate, one goal against Benfica and Manchester City. In 1980 he was DFB Cup winner with Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1984 he lost with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final of the same competition to FC Bayern Munich on penalties. Bruns is responsible for one of the most famous near-goals in Bundesliga history. In the 1983/84 season he sprinted in Munich in the game against Bayern with a solo run past the opposing team behind the entire field. His shot hit the left inner post, the ball rolled on the goal line to the right post and jumped from there back into the field, where the Munich defense could then clear.

He earned four caps for the West Germany national football team in 1984. He was included in the West German team for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship but did not play in a match.

After retiring from professional football, Bruns initially worked as an insurance agent. In addition, he trained Adler Osterfeld in the Oberliga Nordrhein, later the VfB Speldorf in his hometown Mülheim and the SSVg Velbert. From 2006 he was coach of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and led the club in 2007 as the champion of the Oberliga Nordrhein back to the Regionalliga and in the successor season 2008 in the 2nd Bundesliga. In the season 2008/09 he moved to Rot-Weiss Oberhausen on the position of Sporting Director and thus exchanged with Jürgen Lugingerthe tasks. After Luginger had due to a persistent negative series on 1 February 2010 made his post available, Bruns jumped in as interim coach. On April 22, 2010, however, it was announced that he will retain both offices permanently in the 2010–11 season. On February 22, 2011, was decided after the 1: 3 against VfL Osnabrück and due to disagreements within the club, to separate. Hans Günter Bruns was replaced one day later by Theo Schneider. On September 22, 2011, Bruns was introduced as the new coach of the regional league Wuppertal SV. He took over the succession of Karsten Hutwelker, from which the club had split three days earlier. In November 2012 Bruns was released again from his duties in Wuppertal. After a half year break, he took over again in April 2013, the coaching post at the SSVg Velbert, but had to give it back in November 2013 due to the athletic descent of the club again. In April 2014, the Oberhausen country league…

Schalke 04

Bundesliga runner-up: 1976–77 Fortuna Düsseldorf

DFB-Pokal: 1979–80 Cup Winner's Cup finalist: 1979–80 Borussia Mönchengladbach

UEFA Cup: 1978–79 DFB-Pokal finalist: 1983–84