Thomas Strunz

Born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Strunz started his career playing for hometown club MSV Duisburg, but moved to FC Bayern Munich aged 21. He made his Bundesliga debut on 31 August 1989 in a 4–0 home win against Hamburger SV, and proceeded to score five goals in 20 matches in his first season. Strunz joined VfB Stuttgart for 1992–93, netting five times in his debut campaign before returning to Bayern after three years. In his two spells with the Bavarian side he won four Bundesliga championship medals and two DFB-Pokals, adding the 1995–96 UEFA Cup in which he scored two goals in nine games. In his last full season his team went on to win the league title but he played rarely due to recurrent injuries. He retired from football after leaving the club in late 2000.

Strunz made his debut for Germany on 10 October 1990 in a 3–1 friendly win in Sweden. He went on to represent the nation at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the victorious UEFA Euro 1996. During the latter competition, Strunz appeared in five of six matches (being sent off against Italy and subsequently suspended for the quarter-final), converting his penalty shootout attempt in the semi-finals and playing the entire final against the Czech Republic.

International

International goal

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.

Club

Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 1989–90, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal: 1997–98, 1999–2000 DFB-Ligapokal: 1997, 1998, 2000 DFL-Supercup: 1990 UEFA Cup: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1998–99 VfB Stuttgart

DFL-Supercup: 1992

International

Germany

UEFA European Championship: 1996 U.S. Cup: 1993