Thomas Strunz

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Thomas Strunz
Date of birth	April 25, 1968 (1968-04-25) (age 40)
Place of birth	Duisburg, Germany
Height	1.84 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 0(9) 97 (11)
National team
1990–1999	Germany	41 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Strunz (born April 25, 1968 in Duisburg) is a former German footballer player.

Strunz played as a midfielder for Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Germany's Bundesliga. He was part of the German teams that reached the quarterfinals at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and won the Euro 96.

In his two spells at Bayern, Strunz won five championship medals and two German cups. In 1996 he won the UEFA Cup.

After retiring, Strunz served as assistant coach at VfL Wolfsburg for nearly a year, being fired on December 19, 2005. Together with head coach Holger Fach, who was also fired the same day, he got €2.750.000 as compensation.^{[citation needed]}

Strunz' wife, Claudia, left him for fellow German international Stefan Effenberg.^[1]

[edit] Honours

German League: 1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001
UEFA Cup: 1996
European Championship: 1996
German Cup: 1998, 2000; Runner-up 1999
German League Cup: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 1999

[edit] References

^ Matthaeus is 'a real quitter,' says Effenberg. sportsillustrated.cnn.com (2003-05-02). Retrieved on 2008-05-27.

[edit] External links

Career stats at fussballdaten.de (German)

v • d • e Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

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

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1996 Winners (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