Christian Schreier (born 4 February 1959) is a German former professional

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and the general manager of

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the turn of the millenni ...

. He played as an

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, most notably with

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

and

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

, and won one cap for

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, in 1984. His biggest successes came in 1988, when he won the

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and an

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bronze Medal.

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* * * 1959 births Living people Footballers from Castrop-Rauxel German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players VfL Bochum players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Rot-Weiss Essen players SC Paderborn 07 players FC Wegberg-Beeck players Olympic footballers for West Germany West German men's footballers Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany German football managers 1. FC Union Berlin managers Olympic medalists in football UEFA Europa League–winning players Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub