Volker Graul
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Graul in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 June 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||
| Date of death | 22 May 2022 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Bad Rothenfelde, Lower Saxony, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1969 | SVA Gütersloh | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1972 | VfL Osnabrück | 50 | (21) |
| 1972–1973 | Den Bosch | 30 | (10) |
| 1973–1976 | Arminia Bielefeld | 77 | (52) |
| 1976–1977 | Preußen Münster | 32 | (13) |
| 1977–1978 | Fortuna Köln | 49 | (22) |
| 1979–1981 | Arminia Bielefeld | 64 | (8) |
| 1981–1983 | Gütersloh | ||
| International career | |||
| 1969–1970 | West Germany Youth | 7 | (2) |
| 1975 | West Germany B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1996 | FC Gütersloh | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Volker Graul (18 June 1952 – 22 May 2022) was a German footballer who played as a forward. He began his career as a professional footballer in 1970 with VfL Osnabrück, with whom he became champion and runner-up in the Regionalliga Nord. In 1973, he played two half-seasons with Den Bosch in the first two Dutch leagues. As a player for Arminia Bielefeld, he was the top scorer in the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1974–75 with 30 goals. He also made 45 Bundesliga appearances for Arminia Bielefeld between 1978 and 1981, scoring six goals. Towards the end of the 1970s, he also played for Preußen Münster and Fortuna Köln in the 2. Bundesliga. Throughout the mid-1990s, he had success as manager and coach of FC Gütersloh. He would also briefly represent his home country of West Germany in 1969, 1970 and 1975.