Axel Kruse

Football player infobox
playername = Axel Kruse


fullname = Axel Kruse
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|9|28
cityofbirth = Wolgast
countryofbirth = East Germany
height = height|m=1.79
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears = 1974-1976
1976-1981
1981-1985
youthclubs = Dynamo Wolgast
Motor Wolgast
FC Hansa Rostock
years = 1985-1989
1989-1991
1991-1993
1993-1996
1994
1996-1998
clubs = FC Hansa Rostock
Hertha BSC Berlin
Eintracht Frankfurt
VfB Stuttgart
→ FC Basel "(loan)"
Hertha BSC Berlin
caps(goals) =
24 0(9)
54 (14)
64 (14)


40 (15)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = East Germany Youth East Germany under-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 1
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Axel Kruse (born September 28, 1967 in Wolgast, East Germany) was a German footballer who played for several Bundesliga clubs. After retiring from soccer, he played American football as a placekicker for NFL Europe's team Berlin Thunder from 1999-2003.