Name: Werner Krämer
Nickname: "Eia"
Country:
Germany
Clubs: MSV Duisburg (1963-1967),
Hamburger
Sport-
Verein (1967-1969)
Position: *
SS,
WF,
AMF,
CMFSide: RF/BS
Age: 23-29 years (23/01/1940)
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Attack:
84Defence:
52Balance:
76Stamina:
82Top Speed:
84Acceleration:
85Response:
77Agility:
87Dribble Accuracy:
88Dribble Speed:
85Short Pass Accuracy:
88Short Pass Speed:
78Long Pass Accuracy:
86Long Pass Speed:
79Shot Accuracy:
81Shot Power:
82Shot Technique:
77Free Kick Accuracy:
72Curling:
79Header:
67Jump:
70Technique:
85Aggression:
82Mentality:
78Keeper Skills:
50Team Work:
83Injury Tolerance:
BCondition:
5Weak Foot Accuracy:
7Weak Foot Frequency:
6Consistency:
5Growth Type:
StandardCARDS:P07 Mazing Run
P09 Early Cross
S02 Passer
S14 Quick Turn
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Playmaking - Passing
Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
INFO:Eia was very gifted inside forward and right midfielder/winger but also played that positions on the laft side. Gifted with technical sophistication and lightfootedness, Werner ‘Eia’ Krämer started out as an outside right in the late 1950s but soon was shifted to the inside right position where he became one of Germany’s most outstanding midfield players of the 1960s. Notable for his brilliant through balls. But his lack of consistency and enjoy in beers and alcohol prevented him of gaining better international recognition. Krämer was considered technically strong, fast and tricky. He had a tight ball control and was particularly known for hitting dangerous crosses. His strengths also included the passing game, which was particularly evident in his often surprisingly played through passes. In terms of physique, Krämer was relatively small and not very muscular, which meant that he was light-footed in his movements and acted without a great deal of physical activity. He appeared regularly both as a goal scorer and through assists and was most successful in this regard with 13 goals and 15 preparations in the 1965/66 season. In the tactical system of his coach Rudi Gutendorf, he also regularly took part in defense work. Werner Kramer played from 1958 to 1963 in the Oberliga West 111 games with 28 goals. After the round, 1966/67, Kramer played from 1963 to 1967 for MSV 106 games with 37 goals, he accepted an offer from Hamburger SV. After two rounds with 47 Bundesliga appearances and nine goals, he moved back into football Meidericher-west, he signed for 1969/70 round at VfL Bochum. After a total of 192 league games with 49 goals, he finished his professional career in 1973. In his last years, Kramer was a dialysis patient. The last five months of his life he spent in the hospital, the end of 2009 because he had circulatory problems both legs amputated above the knee, and eventually he died on 12/02/2010.
"One of the most talented German players after the World War II" - Sepp Herberger
Quote:
His former teammate Günter Preuss described him as "the greatest talent that the MSV has ever produced". The MSV Duisburg also described him in its obituary as "probably the greatest talent" in the club's history. The then national coach Herberger said in March 1964 about Werner Krämer and the Cologne player Wolfgang Overath with regard to their potential: “I can't remember that we ever had two half-strikers who promise as much as Overath and Krämer. I myself don't take Fritz Walter out of this assessment. ” In his career, apart from the championship of the Regionalliga West in 1970 and 1971, he never won a title, but was in the Bundesliga season 1963/64, in the DFB Cup 1965 / 66, at the World Cup in 1966 and in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967/68 in each case second place.
In terms of character, Krämer was described as down-to-earth and attached to his homeland. When he left his hometown Duisburg in 1967 to move to Hamburg, this was a considerable burden for him. However, his move to Bochum and the associated return to his home region made him feel better again. He was also seen as honest and loyal. The latter was expressed, for example, in the fact that, after moving to Hamburg, he bought his car from his team-mate Horst Schnoor. He also kept in touch with former teammates and was visited by Dieter Danzberg in the hospital shortly before his death. Krämer was also known for his beer consumption, which led to a conflict with national coach Schön in 1966. He also smoked during his playing career and sometimes even did so in the players' dressing room.
In the MSV club song “Zebra-Twist”, which was played publicly for the first time on January 11, 1964 in the Wedaustadion, Krämer is mentioned in a line of text: “Where all men fight with Helmut Rahn, they attack. Shortly blocked, and again forward. Then Krämer, Pass und Tor. ” The documentary film Meidericher Vizemeister, released in 2014, focuses on Krämer's biography and relies above all on descriptions by his two sons and Michael Bellas. The coach of the runner-up team Rudi Gutendorf says in the film that Krämer is the greatest talent he has trained in his long career.
