Background
Brenninger was born in Altenerding, and began his career with SpVgg Altenerding.
Brenninger was born in Altenerding, and began his career with SpVgg Altenerding.
In 1962 he transferred to Football Club Bayern Munich in the Regionalliga Südaughter In 1965 Bayern was promoted into the German Bundesliga. Additionally, Brenninger would claim the German Championship in 1969.
His greatest honor was the European Cup Winners" Cup triumph in 1967 over Rangers by a score of 1–0.
He went on to play a total of 190 Bundesliga games for Bayern. Scoring a total of 59 goals.
In 1972, Brenninger transferred to VfB Stuttgart after a brief stop-over at Young Boys Bern. Foreign VfB he would go on to play in 81 Bundesliga games while scoring 15 goals.
At the end of his career, Brenninger had a short spell with Turn- und Sportverein 1860 Rosenheim before finishing his career at the same place he started it: SpVgg Altenerding.