International Career
Whilst at TSV Munich, Jeremies gained the first of his 55 caps for the German national team on 15 November 1997 in a friendly against South Africa, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 win, in Düsseldorf. He was then picked for the squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, appearing in three games in an eventual last-eight exit; during the competition, German entertainer Harald Schmidt reverentially called him "Jens Jerenaldo".
On 31 March 1999, Jeremies scored his first and only international goal, helping to a 2–0 home win against Finland for the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, which was later chosen as Goal of the Month in Germany; however, he was dropped from the national team during the build up to the finals, after calling the Erich Ribbeck-led side "pityful". He was later reinstated for the 2002 World Cup, even captaining the team once in a friendly after the competition, but retired from international football after Germany's group stage exit in Euro 2004 in Portugal, claiming he wanted to focus on his club duties with Bayern.
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