Jens Jeremies (born 5 March 1974) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Best known for his tackling abilities, he played for three clubs during his professional career, most notably
Bayern Munich
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which he helped to 16 titles, 12 as an important unit, in a career also marred by many injuries.
Jeremies won 55
caps
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for
Germany
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, representing the nation in two
World Cups
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and as many
European Championships
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and helping it finish second in the
2002 World Cup
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.
Club career
Beginnings; 1860 Munich
Born in
Görlitz
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,
East Germany
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, Jeremies joined the youth system of one of the most important clubs in the country,
Dynamo Dresden
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, at the age of 12. As a professional, he appeared rarely over the course of two seasons, all the matches being played in
1994–95, his debut coming on 1 April 1995 in a 1–3 away loss against
TSV 1860 München
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, as the team ended a four-stay in the
Bundesliga
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.
In 1995, Jeremies signed for 1860 Munich, helping the ''Lions''
qualify
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for the
UEFA Cup
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in
his second year and receiving totals of 30
yellow cards
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and two
red
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during his three-year spell.
Bayern Munich
Jeremies moved to TSV's city neighbours
FC Bayern Munich
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in the summer of 1998, the club for which he would play the remainder of his career. With the
Bavaria
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ns he won all of his trophies, including six leagues and three
domestic cups, adding the
2000–01 edition of the
UEFA Champions League
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to which he contributed with 12 games and three goals, including one in the 2–1 semifinal win against
Real Madrid
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(3–1 on aggregate) – he missed
the final
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through suspension.
After only 20 matches combined in his last two years, mainly due to constant knee problems, Jeremies retired from football at the age of 32. He appeared in 251 German top division matches during 12 seasons, scoring nine times.
International career
Whilst at TSV Munich, Jeremies made his debut for the
German national team on 15 November 1997 in a
friendly
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against
South Africa
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, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 win in
Düsseldorf
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. He was then picked for the squad at the
1998 FIFA World Cup
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, appearing in three games in an eventual last-eight exit; during the competition, German entertainer
Harald Schmidt
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Early and private life
A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now C ...
reverentially called him "Jens Jerenaldo".
On 31 March 1999, Jeremies scored his first and only international goal, helping to a 2–0 home win against
Finland
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for the
UEFA Euro 2000
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qualifiers, which was later chosen as
Goal of the Month in Germany. However, he was dropped from the national team during the buildup to the finals, after calling the
Erich Ribbeck
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Club c ...
-led side "pitiful".
Jeremies was reinstated for the
2002 World Cup
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, even
captaining the team once in a friendly after the competition, but retired from international football after Germany's group stage exit in
Euro 2004
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in Portugal, saying he wanted to focus on his club duties with Bayern.
Career statistics
Club
:Source:
*1.Includes
2001 Intercontinental Cup
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.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.''
Honours
Club
Bayern Munich
*
Bundesliga
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:
1998–99,
1999–2000,
2000–01,
2002–03,
2004–05,
2005–06
*
DFB-Pokal
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:
1999–2000,
2002–03,
2004–05,
2005–06; Runner-up
1998–99
*
DFB-Ligapokal
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: 1998, 2004
*
UEFA Champions League
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:
2000–01; Runner-up
1998–99
International
Germany
*
FIFA World Cup
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: Runner-up
2002
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Bundesliga
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Team of the Season: 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99
References
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1974 births
Living people
People from Görlitz
German footballers
Association football midfielders
Bundesliga players
Dynamo Dresden players
Dynamo Dresden II players
TSV 1860 Munich players
FC Bayern Munich footballers
Germany under-21 international footballers
Germany international footballers
1998 FIFA World Cup players
2002 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2000 players
UEFA Euro 2004 players
UEFA Champions League winning players
Footballers from Saxony