Rainer Troppa

Rainer Troppa ( born August 2, 1958) was football players in the highest soccer league DDR and 17 -fold GDR national football team.

Troppas first stop of his footballer career BSG unit in Kolkwitz, a small village five kilometers west of Cottbus was located. There he went through from 1965, the children 's and youth teams. At 15, he moved in 1973 to BSG Energie Cottbus, whose men's team was just gained in the Serie A, the highest GDR football class. Only 17 years old Troppa was used in the spring of 1976 in the league team and completed seven games.

The 1975/76 season ended for Cottbus with the descent into second-rate DDR -Liga. Since Troppa now belonged to the levy of the GDR national junior team, his move to the runner-up Berliner FC Dynamo was initiated. There Troppa was initially used only in the youth teams. His first league games for the BFC, he played in the season 1977/78, in which it was used eleven times. A year later, he had completed 21 point games for the Berliners, who were able to celebrate their first championship this season and also still reached the final of the East German soccer cup. For double success was not enough, since the cup final was lost 0-1 against 1 FC Magdeburg. Troppa was there even in this game as a central midfielder. For the BFC of a successful era began with a total of ten championships. Troppa participated until 1986, eight championships and was twice again in the Cup Final (1982, 1984), but without being able to win the cup. In the 1981/82 season he was honored by the football magazine " Fuwo " as the best league players.

Internationally went Troppas career successfully. He went through both the junior and the U-21 national team. With the latter he was the most successful internationally, since 1980 he reached the final of the European Championship, which was, however, lost 0-1 against the Soviet Union. His first senior international denied Troppa the age of 23 on November 11, 1981 in the encounter DDR - Malta ( 5:1). With his last mission on 8 December 1984 in World Cup qualifying match France - DDR (2:0) he came up with 17 A- international matches, where it was used both in defense and in midfield.

With the 1984/85 season is a turning point in Troppas football career became apparent. He was no longer used in the national team after the France game and the BFC, he was only 12 -point games for the first time since 1979, no longer a regular player. 1985/86 there were only three league games, and in the 1986/87 season came Troppa only once in the league team to use. In the season 1987/88 Troppa stood still in the league squad, but played only with the second team in the second-rate DDR -Liga. His playing career ended Troppa the Berlin district of Lichtenberg division 47 He then worked as a trainer, such as 1997 at Marzahn SV in the Berlin district league.

  • 7 league games for Energie Cottbus
  • 179 league games for the BFC
  • 39 league goals for the BFC
  • 28 European Cup games for the BFC
  • 17 A- internationals
  • 12 U-21 caps
  • 3 U 18 internationals
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