WHEN Berti Vogts called Sean Dundee (24) into the German national squad yesterday it was another remarkable leap in the meteoric rise of the South African-born player.

Dundee earned a call-up to the national squad of his native South Africa in December 1995 - ironically against Germany - but withdrew because of injury.

When it became clear Vogts was interested, Dundee, although of non-German origin, wasted no time in taking advantage of a special fast-track procedure for cases of "public interest" to apply for a German passport.

He was voted player of the year for 1996 by his fellow professionals and is the Bundesliga's leading scorer this season with 14 goals so far.