Wilfried Hannes

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Personal information
Wilfried Hannes
Full name	Wilfried Hannes
Date of birth	May 17, 1957
Place of birth	Echtz, Germany
Height	188 cm
Position	striker, defender, sweeper
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	Sportfreunde Düren Düren 99
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1975-1986 1986-1988 1988-???? ????-????	Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Schalke 04 AC Bellinzona FC Aarau	261 (58) 48 (4) ?? (??) ?? (??)
National team**
1981-1982	West Germany	8 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 30, 1988. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 30, 1982.

Wilfried Hannes (born May 17, 1957 in Echtz) is a former German football player and manager, known for achieving his career despite being visually impaired after a pupil-tumor had let him lose his right eyesight as a child.

At first a striker, Hannes was a defender (and later on a sweeper) in his professional career for Borussia Mönchengladbach, the club with whom he won two German Bundesliga titles and one UEFA Cup (in 1979). In his years with the club he became also once a European Cup runner-up (in 1977), once a UEFA Cup runner-up (in 1980) and once a German Cup runner-up (in 1984). His international career for West Germany lasted for just about one season in the early 1980's. In these months he won eight caps, staying unused throughout the 1982 FIFA World Cup runner-up campaign of West Germany.

His life 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.

	West Germany squad - 1982 World Cup Runner-up
1 Schumacher \| 2 Briegel \| 3 Breitner \| 4 K. Förster \| 5 B. Förster \| 6 Dremmler \| 7 Littbarski \| 8 Fischer \| 9 Hrubesch \| 10 Müller \| 11 Rummenigge \| 12 Hannes \| 13 Reinders \| 14 Magath \| 15 Stielike \| 16 Allofs \| 17 Engels \| 18 Matthäus \| 19 Hieronymus \| 20 Kaltz \| 21 Franke \| 22 Immel \| Coach: Derwall