Gerhard Martin "Gerry" Tremmel (born 16 November 1978) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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. He works as a scout for

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. Tremmel played in the

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and

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. He was renowned for his shot stopping abilities and his reflexes. Tremmel holds a number of goalkeeping records. At a rate of 4.2, he had the best saves per goal conceded ratio in the Premier League for the 2012–13 season. He also had the best save percentage in the Premier League that season, at 80.9%. His saves-to-shots ratio in the Premier League and on a European basis made him second only to

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Playing career

Early career

Tremmel's previous clubs include

and

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, where he spent three years as a youth, before joining

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league B ...

where he made his senior debut. Tremmel left

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in 2002 for spells at

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

then

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, where he spent 2004–05 in the reserve side. He then joined

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

in 2006 on a two-year contract, announcing his intention to leave the club on 29 April 2010. On 7 May 2010, his transfer to Hertha for the upcoming season was confirmed, but the transfer failed and he signed for Red Bull Salzburg instead on 20 May 2010. upleft, Tremmel playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2011

Swansea City

Tremmel joined

on 30 August 2011 on a free transfer following their promotion to the

. Swansea manager

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had brought Tremmel to South Wales and signed him after his impressive pre-season performances against

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and

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. Tremmel made his competitive debut for Swansea on 7 January 2012 in an

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fixture at

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, helping his team to a 2–4 away win. He made his Premier League debut on 26 February 2012 in a 2–0 away loss against

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at the

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. Tremmel made his fourth appearance for Swansea, and his first in the 2012–13 season, in a 3–1 win against Barnsley in the

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. Following an injury suffered by first choice goalkeeper

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on 27 October 2012, Tremmel started to have a run of games in the Swansea team for the first time. Swansea, now with Tremmel in the side, went on a seven-match unbeaten run that included memorable away wins at

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in the League Cup, and

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and

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in the Premier League. He also managed to keep clean sheets against the likes of

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, Arsenal and Liverpool. These performances were met with praise from then-manager

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, who said, "Gerhard has done well and it is very important to know you have a goalkeeper of quality when things happen." On 7 February 2013, Swansea announced that they had extended their contract with the Bavarian until the summer of 2015. On 24 February 2013, Tremmel helped Swansea beat

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5–0 to win the 2012–13 League Cup by the competition's highest-ever winning margin for the final. This achievement landed Swansea's first major trophy as well as qualification for the

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. German mass tabloid ''

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'' hailed Tremmel's "career highlight" at the "legendary"

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and a just reward for 15 years of hard work and professionalism in the game. On 28 May 2015, Tremmel confirmed that he would not be renewing his contract with Swansea and would therefore be released by the club. On 11 August, however, he re-joined the side, signing a two-year contract to keep him at the club until June 2017. On 22 May 2017, the club announced his release along with seven other players after he had only appeared in the

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during the 2016–17 season.

Werder Bremen

Tremmel was loaned out to

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

, in his native Germany, on 28 January 2016.

Post-playing career

Following his release by

at the end of 2016–17 season, Tremmel took up the position of a scout for the club.

Career statistics

Honours

Swansea City *

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tremmel, Gerhard 1978 births Living people Footballers from Munich German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers SpVgg Unterhaching players Hannover 96 players Hertha BSC players Hertha BSC II players FC Energie Cottbus players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Swansea City A.F.C. players SV Werder Bremen players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Premier League players Swansea City A.F.C. non-playing staff German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Wales Expatriate men's footballers in Wales