Who was Hitler's man who became the legend of Manchester City after World War II?

Many football fans who tend to read various international media articles, or do Internet research, think Manchester City has no big history in international football.

Periscopi will prepare a series of articles for the club, which also plays Aro Muriq, the 2m-long Kosovo National goalkeeper, who faked Kosovo fans holding the ball near the goal.

City is actually one of the best teams in English football, winning the championship in 1937, 1968, 2012, 2014 and 2018.

Then they won the FA Cup in 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969, and 2011. In addition, the former prestigious European trophy -- the European Cup winner in 1970 -- has won. This year, only some surprise can stop winning the Champions League.

This time, however, we will tell you about former Nazi Bert Trautmann, who had become a club legend and even had statues on the team.

Bernhard Carl Trautmann was City's goalkeeper for a 15-year period. He fought 508 matches for citizens, being one of the best in Europe.

He was known in the field as a strong - tempered doorkeeper who protected him despite his circumstances. Once, it was with its neck broken and its imminent death.

Initially, Trautman had caused great disappointment in City after he had signed for them. As a Nazi who had been part of Wehrmacht, which the army had caused so many victims of so much pain in the country, they saw this as an insult to the country. Many people had threatened with boycott, and many letters had come to the club protesting the decision. But, captain of the Eric Westwood Club, a Norman veteran, had made a public presentation and welcomed the former Nazis' arrival: “There is no war in the dressing room”. When Trautmann began to appear for the club, the protests were silent because of his great talent.

But, in 1950, a few months after his arrival at the club, Trautmann paid his first visit to London, in a match against Fulham's team. It was January. This match got great media attention. The great damage caused by the Luftwaffe, the air force he belonged to, caused him to be the target of great mob hatred, which they shouted as “nasist”. At the end of the match, the crowd had come together and applauded him.

Trautmann's fame had become great throughout Europe. Schalke 04 in Germany had offered 1000 pounds to receive his services. But City had refused.

Trautmann appeared at 545 matches for City, even though he started at 26. He had also received a trialal match to give the glory of stars such as Bobby Charlton and Dennis Law.

He had been the country's football player in 1956, and had joined Hall of Fame, England and Germany. He won the FA Cup with City.

Trautmann had been so popular because in 1941, at the time of the peak of World War II, he was joined by Luftwaffes [the Nazi air forces] as a parachutist soldier. First he had served in Accupy Poland.

He had also moved to Kiev, Ukraine, and in 1944 he had remained among the few remaining soldiers. He had returned to his home in Bremen at the time when German soldiers who did not have a permit record were immediately killed as defectors, so Trautmann was trying to flee both sides. However, two days later he was caught by two American soldiers. After deciding that Trautmann had no valuable information to provide, he was released. When he left, he jumped into a fence, to happen before the feet of a British soldier, who had greeted him with the words “But he had refused to leave.

He was a prisoner exiled by British forces in Belgium. At first he had played as a defanzier midfielder, but he was badly hurt and replaced the doorman, to play in that position and become a legend.