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3 unusual facts about VfB Stuttgart


Claudemir

Cacau, real name Claudemir Jeronimo Barretto (born 1981), Brazilian footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart in Germany.

Danny Granville

Arguably the highlight of his career occurred during his time at Chelsea, playing in the winning side in the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph over VfB Stuttgart.

John Homewood

He took charge of a number of European club ties, the most significant being a UEFA Cup third round match between Stuttgart and Dukla Prague in November 1978.


Alexandru Chipciu

In the autumn of 2012 Chipciu helped Steaua Bucharest qualify from the UEFA Europa League group stage, after defeating teams like VfB Stuttgart, Molde FK and FC Copenhagen.

Cleidson Rodrigues dos Santos

A promising, versatile player who can deputise at centre back should the need arise, Cleidson was linked with several European clubs during the 2012 summer transfer window, most notably VfB Stuttgart of the German Bundesliga as well as Queens Park Rangers and Swansea City, both of the English Premier League.

Egon Coordes

He began his career at Regionalliga North side TuS Bremerhaven 93 but quickly moved to the Bundesliga, playing the rest of his career at just two clubs: Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart as a defender.

Jaromír Blažek

In 2007, he decided to try a first experience abroad and was sold to German club 1. FC Nürnberg, who purchased him as a replacement for Raphael Schäfer who had left for VfB Stuttgart over the summer.

Schwabinger 7

Bayernultras of FC Bayern also took action to save and preserve Schwabinger 7 by holding up signs at the game against Vfb Stuttgart in the Allianz Arena.

Sebastião Pereira do Nascimento

In 1999, German club VfB Stuttgart signed him for 2.2 million dollars, because they hoped he could fill the gap caused by Fredi Bobic, who had left Stuttgart for fellow German club Borussia Dortmund, but he was only substituted in twice, and because he always felt bad, he was finally forced to go into a medical control.

Sercan Sararer

After the end of his contract with Fürth on 1 July 2013, Sararer moved to VfB Stuttgart on a free transfer.

Sydney FC Prague

In 1965, Chelsea F.C. manager and former Scotland international, Tommy Docherty was offered a guest stint with Prague in a friendly against VFB Stuttgart after taking the '64-'65 League cup with Chelsea.

Thorsten Legat

Legat then spent one season at Eintracht Frankfurt, playing as a defensive complement to playmaker Augustine Okocha, then moved south for VfB Stuttgart; with the latter, he began suffering from injuries, undergoing two Achilles tendon surgeries.

Virgile Boumelaha

Boumelaha began his career with FC Saint-Louis, he moved then to FC Basel and later to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2002 but made two appearance for the club before joined to VfB Stuttgart in 2004.

Vlademir Jeronimo Barreto

Vlademir is the brother of the naturalized German footballer Cacau, who plays for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.


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Horst Heldt

After only being a substitute and not getting any playing time at VfB Stuttgart in the first half of the 2005–06 season under coach Giovanni Trapattoni, Heldt decided to end his active career on 3 January 2006 to take over the post of general manager of the club.