Martin Kree

Martin Kree
Personal information
Full name	Martin Kree
Date of birth	27 January 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Wickede, West Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1980	TuS Wickede
1980–1983	VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1984	VfL Bochum II
1983–1989	VfL Bochum
1989–1994	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1994–1998	Borussia Dortmund
International career
1984–1985	West Germany U-21
1986	West Germany B
Medal record
VfL Bochum
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Kree (born 27 January 1965) is a German former footballer,^[1] who played mostly as a central defender.

During a 15-year professional career, Kree played 401 Bundesliga games for VfL Bochum, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund.^[2]

Career

Born in Wickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kree made his first division debuts with VfL Bochum in 1983–84 – seven matches, one goal – netting an impressive 12 goals in his sixth season (only three penalty kicks), while only missing six matches in his last four seasons combined.

After a further five seasons with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, playing in all 38 league matches with nine goals in the first campaign with teams from the re-unified Germany, Kree moved to Borussia Dortmund, where he won back-to-back league championships, the 1997 Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, also in that year. During the club's Champions League victorious campaign, he played in eight matches (six complete, including the final).

Kree retired from football in 1998, aged 33.

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1983–84	VfL Bochum II	Oberliga			–		–
1983–84	VfL Bochum	Bundesliga	7	1	1	0	–		8	1
1984–85			27	2	3	0	–		30	2
1985–86			33	2	5	0	–		38	2
1986–87			32	4	1	0	–		33	4
1987–88			32	7	4	1	–		36	8
1988–89			33	12	3	0	–		36	12
1989–90	Bayer 04 Leverkusen		34	7	2	0	–		36	7
1990–91	Bayer 04 Leverkusen		32	2	2	1	6	0	40	3
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1991–92	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bundesliga	38	9	5	0	–		43	9
1992–93			34	4	7	2	–		41	6
1993–94			18	0	3	1	4	0	25	1
1994–95	Borussia Dortmund		24	1	1	0	7	0	32	1
1995–96			23	0	3	0	5	1	31	1
1996–97			21	0	0	0	8	0	29	0
1997–98			13	0	2	1	4	0	19	1
Total	West Germany				21	2	6	0
Total	Germany		171	14	21	4	28	1	220	19
Career total					42	6	34	1

^ "Kree, Martin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ Matthias Arnhold (22 May 2014). "Martin Kree - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 June 2014.