Max Breunig

Max Breunig (12 November 1888 near Karlsruhe – 4 July 1961 in Pforzheim) was a German amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Max Breunig
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-11-12)12 November 1888
Place of birth Karlsruhe, Germany
Date of death 4 July 1961(1961-07-04) (aged 72)
Place of death Pforzheim, West Germany
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
1901–1908 Karlsruher FV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1912 Karlsruher FV
1912–1918 1. FC Pforzheim
National team
1910–1913 Germany 9 (1)
Teams managed
1921–1922 Karlsruher FV
1922–1923 FC Basel
1926–1928 TSV München 1860
1930–1934 TSV München 1860
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Breunig, a midfielder, started his career at Karlsruher FV in 1908, and on the final day of the 1909/10 German League season, he scored the winning goal (a penalty kick) in a 1-0 win against Holstein Kiel to win the championship. In 1913 he signed for 1. FC Pforzheim but his football career ended when the First World War began.

He captained the German national team in all nine games he played for them and was a member of the German 1912 Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament. He scored one goal at international level.

After his playing days, he became a teacher and he also went on to manage Karlsruher from 1921 until 1922, FC Basel from 1922 to 1923[1] and TSV München 1860 from 1925 until 1928 and from 1930 until 1934.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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