Erwin Kremers (born 24 March 1949) is a German former professional

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who played as a striker. His twin brother,

Helmut Kremers Helmut Kremers (born 24 March 1949) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back. His twin brother, Erwin Kremers, also played as a German international with the two brothers playing with each other regularly. Helmut an ...

, also played as a German international with the two brothers playing with each other regularly. Erwin and Helmut Kremers are the first ever twins to play in the

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Career

Kremers began his football career as a youth player, along with his brother, at

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

before eventually going on to make over 20 appearances for the first team in the

. After two years at the club he (and his brother) moved on to

Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...

where he had an impressive strike record with 10 goals in just 25 starts. In the summer on 1971 he and his brother both moved to

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

and it was in the following year that he got his call up to the Germany national team. Kremers went on to play 15 times for his country, playing in the winning

1972 UEFA European Football Championship The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 14 and 18 June 1972. Only four ...

team and he scored a total of three goals.

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* * * 1949 births Living people Footballers from Mönchengladbach German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Bundesliga players Men's association football forwards Borussia Mönchengladbach players Kickers Offenbach players FC Schalke 04 players UEFA Euro 1972 players UEFA European Championship-winning players German twins Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany West German men's footballers {{germany-footy-forward-1940s-stub