Martin Kree

Martin Kree

Personal information
Full name	Martin Kree
Date of birth	January 27, 1965 (1965-01-27) (age 46)
Place of birth	Wickede, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	TuS Wickede
–	VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1983–1984	VfL Bochum II	?	(?)
1984–1989	VfL Bochum	164	(28)
1989–1994	Bayer Leverkusen	156	(22)
1994–1998	Borussia Dortmund	81	(1)
National team
1984–1985	West Germany U21	5	(0)
1986	West Germany B	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Martin Kree (born 27 January 1965 in Wickede, North-Rhine Westphalia) is a former German footballer, who played mostly as a central defender.

During a 15-year professional career, Kree played 401 Bundesliga games for VfL Bochum, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund.

Football career

Kree made his first division debuts with VfL Bochum in 1983–84 - seven matches, one goal - netting an impressive 12 goals in his sixth season (only three penalty kicks), while only missing six matches in his last four seasons combined.

After a further five seasons with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, playing in all 38 league matches with nine goals in the first campaign with teams from the re-unified Germany, Kree moved to Borussia Dortmund, where he won back-to-back league championships, the 1997 Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, also in that year. During the club's Champions League victorious campaign, in played in eight matches (six complete, including the final).

Kree retired from football in 1998, aged 33.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1983–84	Bochum II	Oberliga	?	?			–	–
1983–84	Bochum	Bundesliga	7	1			–	–
1984–85			27	2			–	–
1985–86			33	2			–	–
1986–87			32	4			–	–
1987–88			32	7			–	–
1988–89			33	12			–	–
1989–90	Bayer Leverkusen		34	7			–	–
1990–91			32	2			6	0
1991–92			38	9			–	–
1992–93			34	4			–	–
1993–94			18	0			4	0
1994–95	Borussia Dortmund		24	1			7	0
1995–96			23	0			5	1
1996–97			21	0			8	0
1997–98			13	0			4	0
Total	Germany		?	?			34	1
Career total			?	?			34	1

Honours

• UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
• Intercontinental Cup: 1997
• German League: 1994–95, 1995–96
• German Cup: 1992–93; Runner-up 1987–88

External links

• Bundesliga stats at Fussballdaten (German)
• Transfermarkt profile (German)

Persondata
Name	Kree, Martin
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Date of birth	27 January 1965
Place of birth	Wickede, West Germany
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