Dieter Brenninger

Dieter Brenninger
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-02-16) 16 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Altenerding, Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
SpVgg Altenerding
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1971 Bayern Munich 276 (127)
1971–1972 Young Boys Bern
1972–1976 VfB Stuttgart 99 (16)
1976–1977 TSV 1860 Rosenheim
1977–1978 SpVgg Altenerding
International career
1969 West Germany 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Brenninger (born 16 February 1944) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.[1]

Life

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Brenninger was born in Altenerding, and began his career with SpVgg Altenerding. In 1962 he transferred to FC Bayern Munich in the Regionalliga Süd. In 1965 Bayern was promoted into the German Bundesliga. He went on to win the German Cup four times in 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1971. Additionally, Brenninger claimed the German Championship in 1969. His greatest honor was the European Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1967 over Rangers by a score of 1–0.[2]

He went on to play a total of 190 Bundesliga games for Bayern; scoring a total of 59 goals. In 1972, Brenninger transferred to VfB Stuttgart after a brief stop-over at Young Boys Bern. For VfB he went on to play in 81 Bundesliga games while scoring 15 goals. At the end of his career, Brenninger had a short spell with TSV 1860 Rosenheim before finishing his career at the same place he started it: SpVgg Altenerding.[3]

Dieter "Mucki" Brenninger achieved one cap for the West Germany national team in 1969 against Austria in a World Cup qualifying game. He was later substituted for Georg Volkert although Germany went go on to win the match 1–0.

After he retired from playing football, Brenninger worked in sales for Erdinger.[2]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Brenninger, Dieter" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Leben nach dem Fußball: SZ-Serie "Wie ausgewechselt" : Drüben und Droben" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Mucki, das Schlitzohr" (in German). OVB Heimatzeitungen. 16 February 2019.
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