Wolfgang Dremmler (born 12 July 1954) is a German former

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who played as a

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. A trained

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, Dremmler was part of the

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team that reached the 1982 FIFA World Cup final against Italy at Santiago Bernabéu. Altogether, he played in 310 Bundesliga matches (15 goals) for Eintracht Braunschweig and FC Bayern Munich, the club he joined in 1979 at the recommendation of

Paul Breitner Paul Breitner (born 5 September 1951) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left-back. Considered one of the best players of his era, Breitner was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, and was named by Pel ...

to win four

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and three

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trophies until his retirement due to a knee-injury in 1986. For

he debuted on 7 January 1981 in a game against Brazil. In total he won 27

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s (three goals) for his country. Dremmler retired from coaching in football at the end of the 2016–17 season. Dremmler's last job was the director of Bayern's youth development center.

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich *

: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86 *

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: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86; runner-up: 1984–85 * European Cup runner-up: 1981–82

International

;West Germany *

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runner-up: 1982

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* * * 1954 births German footballers Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers Living people Eintracht Braunschweig players FC Bayern Munich footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players People from Salzgitter Footballers from Lower Saxony FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff Association football midfielders West German footballers {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub