Thomas Strunz

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Thomas Strunz
Date of birth	April 25, 1968 (age 38)
Place of birth	Duisburg, Germany
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
	Bayern Munich
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-92 1992-95 1995-2001	FC Bayern VfB Stuttgart FC Bayern	59 (12) 79 (9) 97 (11)
National team
1990-99	Germany	41 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Strunz (born April 25, 1968) is a German former football (soccer) player.

Born in Duisburg, he played as a midfielder for VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich in Germany's Bundesliga. He was part of the German teams that disappointed at the 1994 FIFA World Cup but won Euro 96. Strunz' wife, Claudia, left him for fellow German international Stefan Effenberg^{[citation needed]}.

After retiring he managed VfL Wolfsburg just for nearly on year, where he was fired on December 19, 2005. Together with Coach Holger Fach, who was also fired the same day, he got 2.750.000 Euros for finishing the contract earlier as planned^{[citation needed]}.

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Career stats at fussballdaten.de

	Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Illgner \| 2 Strunz \| 3 Brehme \| 4 Kohler \| 5 Helmer \| 6 Buchwald \| 7 Möller \| 8 Häßler \| 9 Riedle \| 10 Matthäus \| 11 Kuntz \| 12 Köpke \| 13 Völler \| 14 Berthold \| 15 Gaudino \| 16 Sammer \| 17 Wagner \| 18 Klinsmann \| 19 Kirsten \| 20 Effenberg \| 21 Basler \| 22 Kahn \| Coach: Vogts

	Germany Squad - 1996 European Football Championship (3rd Title)
1 Köpke \| 2 Reuter \| 3 Bode \| 4 Freund \| 5 Helmer \| 6 Sammer \| 7 Möller \| 8 Scholl \| 9 Bobic \| 10 Häßler \| 11 Kuntz \| 12 Kahn \| 13 Basler \| 14 Babbel \| 15 Kohler \| 16 Schneider \| 17 Ziege \| 18 Klinsmann \| 19 Strunz \| 20 Bierhoff \| 21 Eilts \| 22 Reck \| Coach: Vogts