Rainer Troppa

{{Short description|German footballer (1958–2023)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rainer Troppa

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W0606-0338, Rostock, DDR-Nachwuchs wurde Vize-Europameister (Rainer Troppa).jpg

| upright =

| caption = Troppa in 1980

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|08|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kolkwitz, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany (present-day Brandenburg, Germany)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|09|09|1958|08|02|df=y}}

| death_place =

| height =

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1975–1976

| clubs1 = BSG Energie Cottbus

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1976–1988

| clubs2 = BFC Dynamo

| caps2 = 172

| goals2 = 37

| years3 = 1985–1989

| clubs3 = BFC Dynamo II

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 1989–

| clubs4 = BSG EAB Berlin 47

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 1981–1984

| nationalteam1 = East Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Rainer Troppa (2 August 1958 – 9 September 2023) was a German professional footballer who played as a defender.

Troppa began his professional career with BSG Energie Cottbus. He was transferred to BFC Dynamo when BSG Energie Cottbus was relegated to second tier DDR-Liga after the 1975–76 DDR-Oberliga season.{{cite magazine |author= |date=August 1976 |title=Visitenkarte |url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%20Sonderausgabe/FUWO%201976%20Sonderausgabe.%20Saison%201976-77.pdf |magazine=Deutsches Sportecho/Die neue Fußballwoche |language=de |location=Berlin |volume=1976 |issue=Sonderausgabe |page=6 |issn=0323-6420 |access-date=15 February 2025 }}{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/troppadata.html | title = Rainer Troppa – Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 February 2017 | accessdate = 1 March 2017 | publisher = RSSSF}} Troppa was part of the squad of the first team of BFC Dynamo in the 1976-77 season, but only played for the BFC Dynamo team in the youth Next Generation Oberliga ({{langx|de|Nachwuchsoberliga}}) (de) in the 1976-77 season.{{cite magazine |author= |date=9 November 1976 |title=oberliga nachswuchs - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt gegen BFC Dynamo |url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201976/FUWO%201976%2045.pdf |magazine=Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) |language=de |location=Berlin |publisher=DFV der DDR |volume=1976 |issue=45 |page=7 |issn=0323-8407 |access-date=15 February 2025 }} He made his first appearance for the first team of BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga on the 17th matchday of the 1977-78 DDR-Oberliga at home against FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt on 17 March 1978.

Troppa played for the East Germany national team, featuring in the unsuccessful qualifying campaigns for the 1982 and 1986 World Cups and the 1984 European Championship.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/troppa-intl.html | title = Rainer Troppa – International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 February 2017 | accessdate = 1 March 2017 | publisher = RSSSF}}

Troppa died in September 2023, at the age of 65.{{cite news |title=Oberliga-Legende von Energie Cottbus und BFC Dynamo gestorben |url=https://www.lr-online.de/energie-cottbus/rainer-troppa-ist-tot-oberliga-legende-von-energie-cottbus-und-bfc-dynamo-gestorben-71668081.html |access-date=10 September 2023 |publisher=Lausitzer Rundschau |date=9 September 2023}}