Dieter Brenninger

Dieter Brenninger (born 16 February 1944) is a former German footballer.[1]

Dieter Brenninger
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-02-16) 16 February 1944
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 FC Bayern Munich 276 (127)
1971–1972 Young Boys Bern
1972–1976 VfB Stuttgart 99 (16)
1976–1977 TSV 1860 Rosenheim
1977–1978 SpVgg Altenerding
National team
1969 West Germany 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life

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 would go on to win the German Cup four times in 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1971. Additionally, Brenninger would claim 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.

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 would go 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.

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

Honours

References
  1. "Brenninger, Dieter" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
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