Jonny Otten

Jonny Otten
Personal information
Date of birth31 January 1961
Place of birthHagen, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
Hagener SV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1979–1992Werder Bremen349(3)
1992–1993VfB Oldenburg2(0)
1994BV Cloppenburg
1994–?TSG Schönberg
?–?Rotenburger SV
National team
1983–1984Germany6(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jonny Otten (born 31 January 1961) is a German retired footballer who played mostly as a left back.

Football career

Born in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Otten played 13 years as a professional at SV Werder Bremen, making his Bundesliga debut at the age of 18 and never losing his starting position again (except through injury) until the end of 1990. He totalled 308 top division matches, scoring his only goal on 26 November 1983 in an 8–1 home routing of Kickers Offenbach; in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, he took the pitch in the 66th minute of a match at FC Spartak Moscow (after a 1–4 loss in the Soviet Union), and helped turn things around with a tough approach, for a final 6–2 home win.[1]

After leaving Bremen in 1992, having played twice in the club's victorious run in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup,[2] Otten had a brief spell in the second division with VfB Oldenburg, then spent a couple of seasons in the amateur leagues before retiring from the game. He gained six caps for West Germany during two years, but was not selected for UEFA Euro 1984.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Tore im Nebel, Waschmaschinen für den Klassenfeind" [Goals in the mist, washing machines for the class enemy] (in German). Rund Magazin. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "1991/92: Bremen shine in Stadium of Light". UEFA.com. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

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