Willi Schröder

For the discus thrower, see Willy Schröder.
Willi Schröder
Personal information
Date of birthDecember 27, 1928
Place of birthGermany
Date of deathOctober 20, 1999 (aged 70)
Playing positionForward
Youth career
–1946Blau-Weiß Berlin
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1946–1953ATSV 1860 Bremen
1953–1954Suspended
1954–1963Werder Bremen213(129)
1963–1965Bremerhaven 93
National team
West Germany amateur7(6)
West Germany B7(5)
1951–1957West Germany12(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Willi Schröder (December 27, 1928 October 20, 1999) was a German footballer. He was a member of the 1961 Werder Bremen DFB-Pokal winning squad. That was Bremen's first DFB-Pokal win, and earned them a spot as a charter member of the newly reformed Fußball-Bundesliga.

Willi played 54 games and scored 20 goals as a midfielder for Bremen in the then Oberliga Nord for three seasons from 1960-1963. He also played 14 games with 3 goals as a striker in the Regionalliga Nord for TuS Bremerhaven 93 in 1963-64.

Willi Schröder also has 12 career caps in international play for the German National Team, with 3 career goals. He was part of the German football team at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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