{{Short description|German footballer (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jonny Otten | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|1|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Hagen im Bremischen, West Germany | height = 1.80 m | position = Left-back | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Hagener SV | years1 = 1979–1992 | clubs1 = Werder Bremen | caps1 = 349 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 1992–1993 | clubs2 = VfB Oldenburg | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = BV Cloppenburg | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1994–1995 | clubs4 = TSG Schönberg | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1995–1996 | clubs5 = Rotenburger SV | caps5 = | goals5 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1983–1984 | nationalteam1 = West Germany | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Jonny Otten''' (born 31 January 1961) is a German retired professional footballer who played mostly as a left back.
==Club career== Born in Hagen im Bremischen, Lower Saxony, Otten played 13 years as a professional at SV Werder Bremen, making his Bundesliga debut at the age of 18 and never losing his starting position again (except through injury) until the end of 1990. He totalled 308 top division matches,<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/jottendata.html | title = Jonny Otten - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 25 April 2019 | accessdate = 26 April 2019 | publisher = RSSSF.com}}</ref> scoring his only goal on 26 November 1983 in an 8–1 home routing of Kickers Offenbach; in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, he took the pitch in the 66th minute of a match at Spartak Moscow (after a 4–1 loss in the Soviet Union), and helped turn things around with a tough approach, for a final 6–2 home win.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rund-magazin.de/cmsms/news/706/23/Wunder-von-der-Weser/ | title = Tore im Nebel, Waschmaschinen für den Klassenfeind |trans-title=Goals in the mist, washing machines for the class enemy | publisher = Rund Magazin | language = German | date = | accessdate = 19 October 2012}}</ref>
After leaving Bremen in 1992, having played twice in the club's victorious run in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1991/intro.html | title = 1991/92: Bremen shine in Stadium of Light | publisher = UEFA | date = 1 June 1992 | access-date = 23 May 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100503064833/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1991/intro.html | archive-date = 3 May 2010 }}</ref> Otten had a brief spell in the second division with VfB Oldenburg, then spent a couple of seasons in the amateur leagues before retiring from the game.
==International career== Otten earned six caps for West Germany, during 13 months and five days.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/jotten-intl.html | title = Jonny Otten - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 25 April 2019 | accessdate = 26 April 2019 | publisher = RSSSF.com}}</ref> His debut came on 23 February 1983, as he played the second half of a 1–0 friendly loss in Portugal after coming on as a substitute for Lothar Matthäus.
==Honours== '''Werder Bremen''' *Bundesliga: 1987–88 *DFB-Pokal: 1990–91; runner-up 1988–89, 1989–90 *UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92 *DFL-Supercup: 1988<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/supercup/das-spiel/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1969425|title=Deutscher Supercup, 1988, Finale |publisher=dfb.de |access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|jonny-otten}} * {{Fussballdaten|jonny-otten}} * {{NFT player|17304}} * {{Eu-Football.info|15767}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Otten, Johnny}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:German men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Germany men's international footballers Category:Germany men's B international footballers Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers Category:Bundesliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:SV Werder Bremen players Category:VfB Oldenburg players Category:Rotenburger SV players Category:Footballers from Lower Saxony Category:West German men's footballers Category:People from Cuxhaven (district)