| Thomas Strunz | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 25, 1968 | |
| Place of birth | Duisburg, Germany | |
| Height | 1. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Duisburg (ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area ( Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. 84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–2001 | Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart Bayern Munich | 59 (12) 79 (9) 97 (11) |
| National team | ||
| 1990–1999 | Germany | 41 (1) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Thomas Strunz (born April 25, 1968 in Duisburg) is a former German footballer player. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Duisburg (ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area ( Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Strunz played as a midfielder for Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Germany's Bundesliga. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e V, commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German Sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. He was part of the German teams that reached the quarterfinals at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and won the Euro 96. The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship ( Euro 96) was hosted by England.
In his two spells at Bayern, Strunz won five championship medals and two German cups. The DFB-Pokal ( Deutscher Fußball-Bund-Pokal or German Football-Federation Cup is an elimination football tournament held annually In 1996 he won the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
After retiring, Strunz served as assistant coach at VfL Wolfsburg for nearly a year, being fired on December 19, 2005. VfL Wolfsburg is a German sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, that currently plays in the country's first division Bundesliga. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Together with head coach Holger Fach, who was also fired the same day, he got €2. Holger Fach (born September 6, 1962 in Wuppertal) is a German football manager and former player 750. 000 as compensation.
Strunz' wife, Claudia, left him for fellow German international Stefan Effenberg. Stefan Effenberg (born 2 August 1968 in Niendorf Hamburg, West Germany) is a former German football player [1]