Bernd Dreher (born 2 November 1966) is a German former professional

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player, who played as a goalkeeper, and a current goalkeeper coach. He last worked at Ludogorets Razgrad.

Career

Dreher originally retired in summer 2003, taking up the role of Bayern Munich youth goalkeeping coach and lending a hand to senior counterpart Sepp Maier in his efforts to keep Oliver Kahn and Michael Rensing in peak form. "I'm actually training more now than when I was a full professional," commented Dreher after taking part in practically every pre-season workout and tending one goal for the first team in practice matches and friendlies. For the 2005–06 season campaign, Dreher was summoned out of "semi-retirement" and handed a new, one-year pro contract. "We've officially reactivated him. He's in such good shape, I'd have no hesitation picking him in any situation," coach Felix Magath said in praise of his new number three keeper, who became the oldest active player in the

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. Dreher was in goal for Bayern for one game in the 2005–06 season, keeping a clean sheet against Wolfsburg. He played his final match in a win against Mainz 05 on 19 May 2007, and at 40 years and 198 days, is the sixth-oldest player in Bundesliga history as of the 2019–20 season.

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen *

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: 1987–88 Bayern Munich *

: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08 * DFB-Pokal: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08 *

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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: 2000–01 * Intercontinental Cup:

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dreher, Bernd 1966 births Living people Footballers from Leverkusen German men's footballers KFC Uerdingen 05 players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players Men's association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff UEFA Champions League–winning players UEFA Europa League–winning players West German men's footballers