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

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Schröder was a member of the 1961

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. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

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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 striker in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

for TuS Bremerhaven 93 in 1963–64.

International career

Schröder also had 12 career

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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 (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

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 Men's association football forwards German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers SV Werder Bremen players Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics West German men's footballers