Albert Streit (born Albert Ursachi 28 March 1980 in

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) is a Romanian-German former professional

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Career

Streit signed a three-year contract with

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following the relegation of his previous team, 1. FC Köln, on 9 May 2006. At the end of the season of 2006–07, he announced that had come to an agreement about his move to

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. Eintracht manager

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benched him for a few matches, arguing Streit was not training well. After an accord between Streit and Eintracht executive

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he would have been allowed to move to Schalke if Streit would play hard in the final matches. The transfer finally failed because Schalke executive Andreas Müller refused to pay more than

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2 million and Eintracht clearly turned down the offer. Streit has repeatedly stated that his performances would be worthy to a call up for

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, but

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has so far refused to nominate him. In October 2007, Eintracht chairman

offered him an improved two-year contract, but Streit announced on 12 November that he signed a four-year contract for

beginning in summer of 2008. But in December 2007, Eintracht Frankfurt agreed to a prematurely move of Streit to Schalke in January 2008. In January 2009, Streit was thrown out of the squad of the first team of Schalke. He had to play for the second team of Schalke in the

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. He joined Hamburger SV on 2 February 2009 on loan until the end of the season. After his return in July 2009, he was demoted to the

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from

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. His contract ended on 30 June 2012. In December 2011 and after his former coach

took over in

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, it was announced that Streit will join the club until the end of the season. On 6 January 2014, Streit cancelled the contract with Viktoria Köln. He signed for

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shortly afterwards, and helped them win promotion to the 3. Liga before retiring at the end of the 2013–14 season.

Personal life

Streit was born in

, Romania to Călin Ursachi and Renate Streit, he later took his mother's last name when his parents divorced.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Streit, Albert 1980 births Living people VfL Wolfsburg players 1. FC Köln players Eintracht Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt II players FC Schalke 04 players Hamburger SV players FC Schalke 04 II players Alemannia Aachen players FC Viktoria Köln players SC Fortuna Köln players German men's footballers Germany men's B international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Footballers from Bucharest Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders German people of German-Romanian descent Romanian people of German descent Romanian emigrants to Germany Citizens of Germany through descent