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2006–07 Borussia Dortmund Season
During the 2006–07 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga. Season summary Dortmund finished the season in 9th place, their worst finish in 7 years. Players First-team squad :''Squad at end of season'' Left club during season Borussia Dortmund II :''The following players were assigned a number for the first team, but did not make an appearance this season.'' Statistics Appearances and goals :''As of end of season'' , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Goalkeepers , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Defenders , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Midfielders , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Forwards , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Players transferred out during the season Transfers In * Nelson Valdez - Werder Bremen, July, €4,700,000 Out * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The club have won eight league championships, five DFB-Pokals, one UEFA Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund, the football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 145,000 members, making Borussia Dortmund the second largest sports club by membership in Germany. The club has active departments in other sports, namely in women's handball. Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at Westfalenstadion; the stadium is the largest in Germany, and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florian Kringe
Florian Kringe (born 18 August 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Siegen, Kringe started his career with TSV Weißtal and Sportfreunde Siegen. From 1994 to 2002 he played for Borussia Dortmund at various levels, before joining 1. FC Köln on loan for two years. In 2004, he rejoined his parent club and became a regular in the first team for a number of years. On 31 August 2009, he joined Hertha BSC on a one-year loan, before returning to BVB again. He left Borussia Dortmund at the end of the 2011–12 season and signed a one-year contract with FC St. Pauli on 24 July 2012. Honours Borussia Dortmund * Bundesliga: 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12 *DFB-Pokal: 2011–12 * UEFA Cup Runners Up: 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuri Şahin
Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a central midfielder. He is the manager of Antalyaspor. He began his career at Borussia Dortmund, spending six years there – including a year-long loan at Feyenoord – and winning the Bundesliga in 2011 before signing for Real Madrid in 2011 for €10 million. In August 2012, Şahin agreed to a one-year loan deal with Liverpool, which was terminated in January 2013 to allow him to return to Dortmund on an 18-month loan. This was then made permanent, and he stayed at Dortmund until his transfer to Werder Bremen in August 2018. Born in Germany, Şahin represented Turkey at international level and did so since the under-16 level. He made his senior international debut in 2005 and earned 52 caps before retiring in 2017. Personal life Şahin was born to Turkish parents in Lüdenscheid and grew up in nearby Meinerzhagen. He has been married to his cousin Tuğba Şahin (née Emeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Degen
Philipp Degen (born 15 February 1983) is a retired Swiss professional footballer. Degen was usually a right back who could also play at left back or on the right wing. Degen reached the last 16 in the 2006 World Cup with Switzerland and was selected again for Euro 2008 but did not play any games. He began his professional career at the local Swiss club FC Basel, playing four seasons in the first team before moving to Borussia Dortmund. He spent three years at the German club, his last season being marred by injury. Degen signed for Liverpool on a free transfer on 3 July 2008, his stay at Liverpool was also blemished by many injuries. His Liverpool contract was terminated by mutual consent on 31 August 2011 and he returned to Basel. Degen ended his professional career at the end of season 2015/16 with a total of eight Swiss championship titles. Club career Basel Degen played his youth football, together with his twin brother David, with local amateur club FC Oberdorf. In the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc-André Kruska
Marc-André Kruska (born 29 June 1987) is a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as assistant manager of VfL Bochum's U19 squad. Career Born in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kruska started his career at SC Arminia Ickern and soon signed for VfR Rauxel 08, the team from his native village. In 1999, age 12, he was spotted by Borussia Dortmund and at the Westfalen Stadium he enjoyed his further training. Just 17, he made his debut in the first team against Kaiserslautern in 2004–05. On the final match day of that season, he scored his first goal against Hansa Rostock, making him the fourth youngest scorer ever in the history of the Bundesliga. As the best U18 player, he was also awarded the "Fritz Walter Medal". The three following seasons confirmed his place in the starting line-up as defensive midfielder, bringing his total number of Bundesliga games to 98. After a half year and fifteen games in the Jupiler League for Club Brugge, he re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Metzelder
Christoph Tobias Metzelder (born 5 November 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Most of his professional career, which was spent mostly at Borussia Dortmund, was blighted by injuries. He did manage, however, to appear 47 times for the Germany national team, representing the country at two World Cups and Euro 2008. Metzelder also played three seasons apiece for Real Madrid and Schalke 04, amassing Bundesliga totals of 178 matches and four goals over one full decade. Career Borussia Dortmund Metzelder was born in Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia. In the summer of 2000 he signed with Borussia Dortmund from SC Preußen Münster, and he was an instant success. At the end of his first season in the Bundesliga he won his first cap for Germany, playing the second half of a 5–2 friendly win in Hungary on 15 August 2001. The second campaign at Dortmund brought Metzelder the 2002 national title and 14 matches with Germany, all the way to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernd Meier
Bernd Meier (11 February 1972 – 2 August 2012) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Playing career Born in Rain, Swabia, Meier arrived at the professional level at the age of 21, joining TSV 1860 Munich and promoting to the Bundesliga in his first year. During his subsequent four-season spell with the ''Löwen'' (lions), he continued to battle for first-choice status with Rainer Berg, appearing in a career-best 33 games in 1995–96 to help his team to the eighth position. In summer 1999, Meier signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach, playing in only two league matches during his stint, one in each major level of German football. After three years he returned to the second division, going on to start for Rot Weiss Ahlen. Meier moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2005, at the age of 33, being only third-choice over the course of two seasons, and inclusively being demoted to the reserves. He retired with 94 top level games to his credit. Coaching career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Ricken
Lars Ricken (born 10 July 1976) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Since 2008, he has been a youth coordinator at Borussia Dortmund. He represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years, being the youngest player to ever appear for the club in an official match, a record later broken by Nuri Şahin. A German international for five years, Ricken represented the country at the 2002 World Cup and the 1999 Confederations Cup. Football career Born in Dortmund, Ricken joined local BV Borussia at an early age, and made his Bundesliga debut on 8 March 1994 in a 1–2 home defeat against VfB Stuttgart, aged not yet 18. From the following season onwards, he became a regular. Ricken scored a memorable long-distance goal in the final of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League edition against Juventus F.C., which stood as the fastest in a final of the competition by a substitute, finding the net after just 16 seconds on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedé (footballer, Born 1978)
Leonardo de Deus Santos (born 18 April 1978), known as Dedé, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as either a left back or left midfielder. He played 13 years of his career with Borussia Dortmund, appearing in more than 400 official games and winning two Bundesliga championships. Club career Atlético Mineiro Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais as the second of six brothers, Dedé was introduced to football at an early age, playing three-a-side matches with his brothers in his parents' apartment. "Our living room was the biggest room and also our playing field, with the doors to the kitchen and the bedroom as our goals. Well, you can imagine, we always broke things in the living room." On club level he first played for local Clube Atlético Mineiro, appearing in 30 Série A games in the 1997 season as the team finished in fourth position (two goals). Also in that year, Dedé was awarded with the '' Bola de Prata'' award by magazine Placar, being c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosi Saka
Kosi Saka (born 4 February 1986) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for German Oberliga side Sportfreunde Baumberg. He made three appearances for the DR Congo national team in 2008. Club career In the 2006–07 season, Saka played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena on loan from Hamburger SV. After being released by Hamburger SV in July 2009, he spent a half year without a club, and on 10 January 2010, he signed for KFC Uerdingen. International career Born in Zaire, Saka earned three caps for the DR Congo national team. References External links * Living people 1986 births Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers Association football midfielders Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Hamburger SV players Hamburger SV II players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players KFC Uerdingen 05 players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebi Smolarek
Euzebiusz "Ebi" Smolarek (; born 9 January 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who is youth manager at Dutch club Feyenoord. He played primarily as a striker or winger, representing clubs in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, England, Greece, Poland, and Qatar. Smolarek played 47 times for the Polish national football team, scoring 19 officials goals, the joint-tenth most in the nation's history. He was part of the Polish squads at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. Club career Born in Łódź, Smolarek grew up in the Netherlands, where his father, Włodzimierz Smolarek, played in the Eredivisie and later worked as a coach. Smolarek went through the Feyenoord youth system and made it all the way to the first team. On 24 August 2007, Smolarek signed with Racing de Santander for a reported €4.8 million. On 29 August 2008, Racing loaned Smolarek to Bolton Wanderers for the season, with a view to signing him permanently. Smolarek's debut for his new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Pienaar
Steven Jerome Pienaar (; born 17 March 1982) is a South African former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the U18 team of the Ajax Youth Academy. He was a captain of the South African national team. He primarily played as a winger, but also played as an attacking midfielder. Pienaar played at club level in South Africa, the Netherlands, Germany, and England for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland and Bidvest Wits. Pienaar is currently serving as an international ambassador at former club Everton. Club career Ajax Cape Town Pienaar was born in Johannesburg. He started his professional career at Ajax Cape Town, some away from his hometown. He was brought to the attention of Ajax CT whilst playing for the School of Excellence and was asked to join their youth academy. Pienaar said, "I was very fortunate to go to the School of Excellence 2000, to be able to polish the technique and the talent that God gave me an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
