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Gerhard Tremmel

German football goalkeeper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ686197
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Gerhard Martin "Gerry" Tremmel (born 16 November 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as a scout for Swansea City, and a co-commentator for Bundesliga world feed.

Tremmel played in the Premier League, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. He 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. He also had the best save percentage in the Premier League that season, at 80.9%. 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.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 2012, 1860, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-11-16. For this dossier, Gerhard, Tremmel and German is the immediate research focus.
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