Gerhard Tremmel

Gerhard Martin "Gerry" Tremmel[2] (born 16 November 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as a scout for Swansea City.

Gerhard Tremmel
Tremmel with Salzburg in 2010
Personal information
Full name Gerhard Martin Tremmel
Date of birth (1978-11-16) 16 November 1978
Place of birth Munich, West Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City (scout)
Youth career
1983–1987 SV Lochhausen
1987–1990 Bayern Munich
1990–1991 SC Olching
1991–1992 1860 Munich
1992–1998 SpVgg Unterhaching
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 SpVgg Unterhaching 68 (0)
2002–2004 Hannover 96 22 (0)
2004–2005 Hertha BSC II 15 (0)
2004–2006 Hertha BSC 5 (0)
2006–2010 Energie Cottbus 93 (0)
2010–2011 Red Bull Salzburg 28 (0)
2011–2017 Swansea City 29 (0)
2016 → Werder Bremen (loan) 0 (0)
Total 260 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tremmel played in the Premier League, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. He was renowned for his shot stopping abilities and his reflexes.

Tremmel holds a number of goalkeeping records. At a rate of 4.2, he had the best saves per goal conceded ratio in the Premier League for the 2012–13 season.[3] He also had the best save percentage in the Premier League that season, at 80.9%.[3] His saves-to-shots ratio in the Premier League and on a European basis made him second only to Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich.

Playing career

Early career

Tremmel's previous clubs include Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, where he spent three years as a youth, before joining SpVgg Unterhaching where he made his senior debut.

Tremmel left Bavaria in 2002 for spells at Hannover 96 then Hertha BSC, where he spent 2004–05 in the reserve side. He then joined Energie Cottbus in 2006 on a two-year contract, announcing his intention to leave the club on 29 April 2010.[4] On 7 May 2010, his transfer to Hertha for the upcoming season was confirmed,[5] but the transfer failed and he signed for Red Bull Salzburg instead on 20 May 2010.[6]

Tremmel playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2011

Swansea City

Tremmel joined Swansea City on 30 August 2011 on a free transfer following their promotion to the Premier League.[7][8][9] Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers had brought Tremmel to South Wales and signed him after his impressive pre-season performances against Celtic and Real Betis.

Tremmel made his competitive debut for Swansea on 7 January 2012 in an FA Cup fixture at Barnsley, helping his team to a 2–4 away win.[10] He made his Premier League debut on 26 February 2012 in a 2–0 away loss against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.

Tremmel made his fourth appearance for Swansea, and his first in the 2012–13 season, in a 3–1 win against Barnsley in the League Cup.[11]

Following an injury suffered by first choice goalkeeper Michel Vorm on 27 October 2012, Tremmel started to have a run of games in the Swansea team for the first time.[12] Swansea, now with Tremmel in the side, went on a seven-match unbeaten run that included memorable away wins at Liverpool in the League Cup, and Newcastle United and Arsenal in the Premier League.[13] He also managed to keep clean sheets against the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. These performances were met with praise from then-manager Michael Laudrup, who said, "Gerhard has done well and it is very important to know you have a goalkeeper of quality when things happen."[14]

On 7 February 2013, Swansea announced that they had extended their contract with the Bavarian until the summer of 2015.[15]

On 24 February 2013, Tremmel helped Swansea beat Bradford City 5–0 to win the 2012–13 League Cup by the competition's highest-ever winning margin for the final. This achievement landed Swansea's first major trophy as well as qualification for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. German mass tabloid Bild hailed Tremmel's "career highlight" at the "legendary" Wembley Stadium and a just reward for 15 years of hard work and professionalism in the game.[16]

On 28 May 2015, Tremmel confirmed that he would not be renewing his contract with Swansea and would therefore be released by the club.[17] On 11 August, however, he re-joined the side, signing a two-year contract to keep him at the club until June 2017.[18] On 22 May 2017, the club announced his release along with seven other players after he had only appeared in the EFL Trophy during the 2016–17 season.[19]

Werder Bremen

Tremmel was loaned out to Werder Bremen, in his native Germany, on 28 January 2016.[20][21]

Post-playing career

Following his release by Swansea City at the end of 2016–17 season, Tremmel took up the position of a scout for the club.[22]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[23][24][25]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SpVgg Unterhaching 1999–2000 Bundesliga 7000——70
2000–01 Bundesliga 32010——330
2001–02 2. Bundesliga 29010——300
Total 68020——700
Hannover 96 2002–03 Bundesliga 18000——180
2003–04 Bundesliga 4010——50
Total 22010——230
Hertha BSC II 2004–05 Regionalliga Nord 15000——150
Hertha BSC 2005–06 Bundesliga 5010—1070
Energie Cottbus 2006–07 Bundesliga 1010——20
2007–08 Bundesliga 24010——250
2008–09 Bundesliga 34030—20390
2009–10 2. Bundesliga 34010——350
Total 93050—201000
Red Bull Salzburg 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga 28000—100380
Swansea City 2011–12 Premier League 102000—30
2012–13 1400070—210
2013–14 120001060190
2014–15 201030—60
2015–16 000000—00
2016–17 000000—00
Total 2903011060490
Swansea City U23 2016–17 ———4[lower-alpha 1]040
Werder Bremen (loan) 2015–16 Bundesliga 0000——00
Career total 26001301501903070
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

    Honours

    Swansea City

    References
    1. "Premier League Player Profile Gerhard Tremmel". Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
    2. "Gerhard Tremmel". sport.de (in German).
    3. "Barries View Goalkeeping Stats". Barrie's View. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
    4. "Energie Cottbus sucht neuen Torwart" [Energie Cottbus looking for new goalkeeper] (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
    5. "Energie-Keeper Tremmel zurück nach Berlin" [Energie Keeper Tremmel returns to Berlin] (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
    6. "Tremmel nach Salzburg – Miriuta im Trainerstab". Financial Times Deutschland (in German). 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
    7. "German goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel joins Premier League club Swansea". Associated Press. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
    8. "Tremmel joins Swans as Vorm back-up". ESPN Soccernet. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
    9. "Swansea complete Gerhard Tremmel signing". BBC Sport. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
    10. "Barnsley 2 – 4 Swansea". BBC. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
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    13. "How Swansea's Gerhard Tremmel came to the brink of his first silverware". The Guardian. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
    14. "Michael Laudrup talks up Gerhard Tremmel's recent performances for Swansea". Sky Sports. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
    15. "Tremmel pens new deal". Swansea City A.F.C. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
    16. "World reacts to Swansea City's historic cup win". Wales Online. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
    17. "Alan Tate and Gerhard Tremmel not offered new deals by Swansea". BBC Sport. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
    18. "Goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel re-signs for Swansea City". BBC Sport. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
    19. "Emnes and Tremmel depart as Swansea City release eight players". BBC Sport. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
    20. "Swansea goalkeeper Tremmel joins Werder Bremen on loan". BBC Sport. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
    21. "Gerhard Tremmel wechselt zum SV Werder" [Gerhard Tremmel moves to SV Werder] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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