Dieter Brenninger

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Dieter Brenninger
Date of birth	February 16, 1944 (1944-02-16) (age 64)
Place of birth	Altenerding, Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	SpVgg Altenerding
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962–1971 1971–1972 1972–1976	Bayern Munich Young Boys Bern VfB Stuttgart	276 (127) 099 0(16)
National team
1969	Germany	001 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Dieter Brenninger (born February 16, 1944) is a former German footballer.

[edit] Life

Brenninger was born in Altenerding, and began his career with SpVgg Altenerding. In 1962 he transferred to FC Bayern Munich in the Regionalliga (football) South. In 1965 Bayern was promoted into the German Bundesliga. He would go on to win the German Cup four times in 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1971. Additionally, Brenninger would claim the German Championship in 1969. His greatest honor was the European Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1967 over Rangers by a score of 1-0.

He went on to play a total of 190 Bundesliga games for Bayern; scoring a total of 59 goals. In 1972 Brenninger transferred to VfB Stuttgart after a brief stop-over at Young Boys Bern. For VfB he would go on to play in 81 Bundesliga games while scoring 15 goals. At the end of his career, Brenninger had a short spell with TSV 1860 Rosenheim before finishing his career at the same place he started it; SpVgg Altenerding.

Dieter "Mucki" Brenninger would achieve one cap for the Germany national football team in 1969 against Austria in a World Cup qualifying game. He was later substituted for Georg Volkert although Germany would go on to win the match 1-0.