Paul Janes
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Janes (r.) scores against Yugoslavia in 1939 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 March 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Küppersteg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 June 1987 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Düsseldorf, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back, Sweeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1930–1944 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | → Wilhelmshaven 05 (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1942–1944 | → Hamburger SV (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1943 | → Fortuna Glückstadt (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1945–1946 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1951 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1942 | Germany | 71 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1951 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||||
| Eintracht Trier | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Paul Janes (11 March 1912 – 12 June 1987) was a German football player. He earned 71 caps and scored seven goals for the Germany national team from 1932 to 1942, and played in two World Cups: 1934 and 1938. Janes was a member of the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8–0 in Breslau in 1937 and went on to win ten out 11 games played during that year.
The DFB lists him in the top 20 best German footballers of all time.