Wolf-Rüdiger Netz

{{short description|East German footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Wolf-Rüdiger Netz

|image = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-P1207-0008, FDGB-Pokal, BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Magdeburg 3-1.jpg

|image_size = 250

|caption = Wolf-Rüdiger Netz (center) during a match between BFC Dynamo and 1. FC Magdeburg on 7 December 1975 in the FDGB-Pokal.

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|12|15}}

|birth_place = Schwerin, East Germany

|height = {{height|m=1.72|precision=0}}

|currentclub =

|clubnumber = 11

|position = Forward

|youthyears1 = 1958–1968

|youthclubs1 = SG Dynamo Schwerin

|years1 = 1968–1971

|clubs1 = SG Dynamo Schwerin

|caps1 = 48

|goals1 = 15

|years2 = 1971–1973

|clubs2 = BFC Dynamo

|caps2 = 40

|goals2 = 11

|years3 = 1971–1973

|clubs3 = BFC Dynamo II

|caps3 = 9

|goals3 = 9

|years4 = 1973–1974

|clubs4 = SG Dynamo Schwerin

|caps4 = 6

|goals4 = 2

|years5 = 1974–1984

|clubs5 = BFC Dynamo

|caps5 = 225

|goals5 = 101

|years6 = 1974–1975

|clubs6 = BFC Dynamo II

|caps6 = 4

|goals6 = 1

|nationalyears1 = 1972–1973

|nationalteam1 = East Germany U18

|nationalcaps1 = 3

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 1976-1977

|nationalteam2 = East Germany B

|nationalcaps2 = 2

|nationalgoals2 = 0

|nationalyears3 = 1978–1981

|nationalteam3 = East Germany

|nationalcaps3 = 2

|nationalgoals3 = 0

|nationalyears4 = 1979–1980

|nationalteam4 = East Germany Olympic

|nationalcaps4 = 11

|nationalgoals4 = 5

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalCountry | {{Flag|East Germany}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1980 Moscow | Team}}

}}

Wolf-Rüdiger Netz (born 15 December 1950 in Schwerin) is a former football player from East Germany.

Netz began playing football at SG Dynamo Schwerin when he was eight years old and made his professional debut with SG Dynamo Schwerin in the DDR-Liga in the 1968-69 season. Netz joined BFC Dynamo during the summer of 1971. He became five times East German champion in a row with BFC Dynamo.

Netz won the silver medal with the East German Olympic team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Together with his teammates, he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze the same year. The forward also won two caps for the East Germany national team.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/netz-intl.html | title = Wolf-Rüdiger Netz – International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 1 October 2015 | accessdate = 17 November 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

Netz scored 112 goals in 265 league matches for the record champion BFC Dynamo.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/netzdata.html | title = Wolf-Rüdiger Netz – Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 1 October 2015 | accessdate = 17 November 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} Nobody scored more goals for die Weinroten in the top division of East German football. Only Hans-Jürgen Riediger also managed to amass a three-digit number of goals for BFC Dynamo.