Helmut Kremers

Helmut Kremers

Personal information
Full name	Helmut Kremers
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	full back
Team information
Current team	retired
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 30, 1982

Helmut Kremers (born March 24, 1949) is a former German football player.

Moving up to the Bundesliga squad of Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1967, Helmut Kremers won his first of two German Cup trophies with then lower league side Kickers Offenbach in 1970. In 1972, he had joined FC Schalke 04 together with his twin brother Erwin in 1971, he was able to lift the trophy for a second time. Unlike his twin brother, who played winger, full back Helmut had spells with other clubs after the end of his deal with Schalke, playing for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2nd Bundesliga of 1980-1981 and for North American Soccer League team Calgary Boomers in 1981. In total Kremers scored 50 goals in 273 Bundesliga appearances.

Helmut Kremers played in 8 games for his country, the last time on March 12, 1975, in a friendly defeat at the hands of England. Although playing on less occasions for West Germany than his twin brother (who won 15 caps), Helmut Kremers was part of the 1974 FIFA World Cup winning squad. Erwin missed out on that due to a disciplinary decision taken beforehand.