Thomas Strunz
Strunz signing autographs in 2010.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 April 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Duisburg, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1981 | TuRA 88 Duisburg | ||
| 1981–1986 | MSV Duisburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | MSV Duisburg | 94 | (30) |
| 1989–1992 | Bayern Munich | 59 | (12) |
| 1992–1995 | VfB Stuttgart | 79 | (9) |
| 1995–2000 | Bayern Munich | 97 | (11) |
| Total | 329 | (62) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990 | Germany U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1990–1999 | Germany | 41 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Strunz (born 25 April 1968) is a German retired footballer who played mostly as a defensive midfielder.
Over the course of 12 seasons, he amassed Bundesliga totals of 235 games and 32 goals, representing in the competition Bayern Munich and Stuttgart. He won 12 major titles with the first club.
Strunz gained 41 caps for Germany, during nine years. He was part of the squad that won Euro 1996.
Born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Strunz started his career playing for hometown club MSV Duisburg, but moved to FC Bayern Munich aged 21. He made his Bundesliga debut on 31 August 1989 in a 4–0 home win against Hamburger SV, and proceeded to score five goals in 20 matches in his first season.
Strunz joined VfB Stuttgart for 1992–93, netting five times in his debut campaign before returning to Bayern after three years. In his two spells with the Bavarian side he won five championship medals and two German cups, adding the 1995–96 UEFA Cup in which he scored two goals in nine games. In his final two seasons he played rarely due to recurrent injuries, and retired in late 2000 as his team went on to win back-to-back league titles.
After retiring, Strunz served as general manager at VfL Wolfsburg for nearly a year, being fired on 19 December 2005 – head coach Holger Fach was sacked on the same day, and the former was awarded €2.750.000 in compensation. In April 2008 he enrolled in the same capacity at lowly Rot-Weiss Essen, being fired on 12 September of the following year.
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