Christoph Metzelder

Christoph Metzelder
Christoph Metzelder
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Personal information
Full name Christoph Tobias Metzelder
Date of birth 5 November 1980 (1980-11-05) (age 31)
Place of birth Haltern, West Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 12 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Schalke 04
Number 21
Youth career
1986–1995 TuS Haltern
1995–1996 Schalke 04
1996–1998 Preußen Münster
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Preußen Münster 32 (4)
2000–2007 Borussia Dortmund 126 (2)
2007–2010 Real Madrid 23 (0)
2010– Schalke 04 37 (1)
National team
2000–2001 Germany U21 9 (1)
2001–2008 Germany 47 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:26, 23 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Christoph Tobias Metzelder (born 5 November 1980 in Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04 as a central defender.

Most of his professional career, which was spent mostly at Borussia Dortmund, was blighted by injuries. He did manage, however, to collect nearly 50 caps for the German national team, appearing with it at two FIFA World Cups.

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Football career

Borussia Dortmund

In the summer of 2000, Metzelder signed by Borussia Dortmund from lowly 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 season at Dortmund brought him the 2002 national title, and 14 matches with Germany, all the way to the 2002 FIFA World Cup final with Germany. However, he missed the entire 2003–04 due to an Achilles tendon injury,[1] and only took part in 16 league contests in the following campaign.

After over two years out of the national squad, Metzelder was called by new boss Jürgen Klinsmann for a friendly with China, in October 2005.[2] He also netted his first two league goals, in 1–1 draws against 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Hamburger SV, and would be Germany's undisputed starter at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, partnering with SV Werder Bremen's Per Mertesacker.

Real Madrid

On 18 April 2007, after failing to renew his contract at Borussia,[3] Metzelder transferred to Real Madrid at the end of the season on a free transfer.[4][dead link][5] In February 2008, after managing to be injury-free in the first months of his Spanish adventure, Metzelder had surgery on the sole of his foot, resulting in him missing nearly two months of action.[6] On 11 May, after having already missed the UEFA Champions League round of 16 clash against A.S. Roma, he returned and played the full 90 minutes against Real Zaragoza (2–2 away draw).

Despite his lack of playing time, Metzelder featured in all of Germany's matches at UEFA Euro 2008, again partnering Mertesacker. In 2008–09's La Liga, he was the main beneficiary of a 10-match suspension handed to Real's Pepe; after a stellar performance in a 4–2 win at Sevilla FC, he also started in the 2–6 home defeat at the hands of FC Barcelona, for a career-best - in Spain - 11 games.

Metzelder left Real Madrid after his contract expired on 30 June 2010.[7]

Return home

On 27 April, prior to the end of the campaign, Metzelder announced his return to Germany, agreeing on a three-year contract with FC Schalke 04, with which he had already played youth football, 15 years earlier.[8] His first two league games with the club, the first of the 2010–11 season, ended with 1–2 losses, against Hamburger and Hannover 96, respectively.

Metzelder appeared in ten complete matches in the season's Champions League, in an eventual semifinal run. He added five in the domestic cup victorious campaign, including the semifinals against FC Bayern Munich (1–0 win) and the final against MSV Duisburg (5–0).

Honours

Club

Country

Individual

Club statistics

As of 23 October 2011 (2011 -10-23)

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Borussia Dortmund 2000–01 19 0 2 0 0 0 21 0
2001–02 25 0 1 0 11 0 37 0
2002–03 24 0 1 0 10 0 35 0
2003–04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004–05 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2005–06 23 2 1 0 0 0 24 2
2006–07 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Total 126 2 5 0 21 0 152 2
Real Madrid 2007–08 9 0 1 0 3 0 13 0
2008–09 12 0 2 0 1 0 15 0
2009–10 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Total 23 0 4 0 4 0 31 0
Schalke 04 2010–11 32 1 6 0 10 0 48 1
2011–12 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Total 37 1 6 0 11 0 54 1
Career total 186 3 15 0 36 2 237 3

Personal

Metzelder's younger brother, Malte, is also a footballer (and a centre back), and both played for Borussia Dortmund.

He has one daughter, Emma (born 17 October 2009), with then-girlfriend Julia Gödicke.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Metzelder needs second operation". UEFA.com. 20 October 2003. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=120101.html#metzelder+needs+second+operation. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
  2. ^ "Metzelder set for a happy return". UEFA.com. 11 October 2005. http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=351034.html. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
  3. ^ "Dortmund to split with Metzelder". UEFA.com. 5 March 2007. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=512826.html. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
  4. ^ "Real set to sign Metzelder". ITV Football. http://www.itv-football.co.uk/CL_Story/0,14272,6109_2070547,00.html. Retrieved 19 April 2007. 
  5. ^ "Metzelder to make mark in Spain". UEFA.com. 9 July 2007. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=559484.html. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
  6. ^ "Metzelder booked in for foot surgery". UEFA.com. 9 February 2008. http://www1.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=655609.html#metzelder+booked+foot+surgery. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
  7. ^ "Metzelder träumt zum Abschied bei Real vom Titel [Metzelder dreams of leaving Real Madrid with title]" (in German). Süddeutsche. 8 April 2010. http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/970279. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
  8. ^ "Vertrag bis 2013: Christoph Metzelder wechselt zum S04! [Contract until 2013: Christoph Metzelder moves to S04!]" (in German). Schalke 04. 27 April 2010. http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/vertrag-bis-2013-christoph-metzelder-wechselt-zum-s04.html. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
  9. ^ "Metzelder mit Baby nach Madrid [Metzelder and daughter to Madrid]" (in German). Bild. 17 November 2009. http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/nationalmannschaft/2009/11/18/christoph-metzelder/mit-baby-nach-madrid.html. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 

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