Thomas Strunz

Infobox Football biography
playername = Thomas Strunz


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|4|25
cityofbirth = Duisburg
countryofbirth = Germany
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|m=1.84
nickname =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = MSV Duisburg
Bayern Munich
years = 1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–2001
clubs = Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart Bayern Munich
caps(goals) = 59 (12) 79 0(9) 97 (11)
nationalyears = 1990–1999
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 41 0(1)

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

Strunz started his professional career playing for his home club MSV Duisburg in the third devision and then 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.Fact|date=April 2007

Strunz' wife, Claudia, left him for fellow German international Stefan Effenberg. [cite web | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/05/02/german_rdp | title = Matthaeus is 'a real quitter,' says Effenberg | accessdate = 2008-05-27 | date = 2003-05-02 | publisher = sportsillustrated.cnn.com]

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

References

External links

* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/strunzthomas/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de] de icon