Birth Date: | 1928 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Berlin, Germany |
Death Place: | Bremen, Germany |
Height: | 1.69 m |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | –1946 |
Youthclubs1: | Blau-Weiß Berlin |
Years1: | 1946–1953 |
Clubs1: | ATSV 1860 Bremen |
Goals1: | 90+ |
Years2: | 1954–1963 |
Clubs2: | Werder Bremen |
Caps2: | 295 |
Goals2: | 132 |
Years3: | 1963–1965 |
Clubs3: | Bremerhaven 93 |
Totalcaps: | 295+ |
Totalgoals: | 222+ [1] |
Nationalteam1: | West Germany amateur |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
Nationalteam2: | West Germany B |
Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
Nationalgoals2: | 5 |
Nationalyears3: | 1951–1957 |
Nationalteam3: | West Germany |
Nationalcaps3: | 12 |
Nationalgoals3: | 3 |
Willi Schröder (28 December 1928 – 20 October 1999) was a German footballer who played as a forward.
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 Bundesliga.
Schröder played 54 games and scored 20 goals as a midfielder for Werder Bremen in the then Oberliga Nord for three seasons from 1960 to 1963. He also played 14 games with three goals as a striker in the Regionalliga Nord for TuS Bremerhaven 93 in 1963–64.
Schröder also had 12 career caps in international play for the West Germany national team, with three goals.[2] He was part of the West German squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]