Willi Schröder (28 December 1928 – 20 October 1999) was a German

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who played as a

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Club career

Schröder was a member of the 1961 Werder Bremen DFB-Pokal winning squad. It was Werder Bremen's first DFB-Pokal win, and earned them a spot as a charter member of the newly reformed

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. Schröder played 54 games and scored 20 goals as a

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for Werder Bremen in the then

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for three seasons from 1960 to 1963. He also played 14 games with three goals as a

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in the Regionalliga Nord for

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in 1963–64.

International career

Schröder also had 12 career caps in international play for the West Germany national team, with three goals. He was part of the West German squad at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

References

External links

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Willi Schröder's profile at Sports Reference.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schroder, Willi 1928 births 1999 deaths Footballers from Berlin Association football forwards German footballers Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers SV Werder Bremen players Olympic footballers of Germany Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics