Jens Jeremies

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Jens Jeremies (born March 5, 1974) is a German footballer. In 2006, he retired from professional football. His nickname was "Jerry".

Jeremies was born in Görlitz, a town in the former German Democratic Republic. He began his career in 1980 as a youth player with the local side Motor Görlitz, and in 1986 he moved to Dynamo Dresden. In 1995, Jeremies transferred to TSV 1860 München. Then in 1998, he signed for city rival Bayern München, the club for which he would play the remainder of his career.^[1] All of his club successes have come with Bayern München, including six league championships (1999–2001, 2003, 2005, 2006), three German Cups (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006) and victory in the Champions League (2001).

Jeremies was given his first cap for the German national team on November 15, 1997 in a friendly game against South Africa. He then played in the 1998 World Cup where German entertainer Harald Schmidt reverentially called him "Jens Jerenaldo". Jeremies was dropped from the national team during the build up to Euro 2000 when he called the side "pathetic". He was later reinstated in the national squad and played in the 2002 World Cup,^[2] but retired from international football after Germany's exit from Euro 2004 to focus on his club duties with Bayern München. He captained Germany following the 2002 World Cup in a friendly against Bulgaria.^[3] He made 55 appearances for the national team from 1997 to 2004.^[4]

He won with Bayern Munich the German champions trophy: 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, the German Cup: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006; the Intercontinental Cup: 2001 and the UEFA Champions League: 2001.

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• Jens Jeremies at National-Football-Teams.com

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v • d • e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Wörns • 5 Nowotny • 6 Baumann • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Hamann • 9 Bobic • 10 Kurányi • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Brdaric • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Ziege • 18 Ernst • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Lahm • 22 Frings • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Völler