Christian Wörns

Christian Wörns
Christian Wörns
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Personal information
Date of birth 10 May 1972 (1972-05-10) (age 39)
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Sweeper
Youth career
1980–1985 Phönix Mannheim
1985–1989 Waldhof Mannheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Waldhof Mannheim 52 (3)
1991–1998 Bayer Leverkusen 211 (13)
1998–1999 Paris Saint-Germain 28 (2)
1999–2008 Borussia Dortmund 240 (14)
National team
1990–1993 Germany U21 16 (1)
1992–2005 Germany 66 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Christian Wörns (born 10 May 1972 in Mannheim) is a retired German footballer who played as a sweeper. Wörns was widely considered one of the finest German defenders of his generation and one of the best sweepers of his era. He started his career with Waldhof Mannheim but played the majority of his career with Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. He also had a short stint with Paris SG.

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Career

Club career

Wörns made his professional debut in the Bundesliga at the young age of 17 years, 3 months and 30 days for Waldhof Mannheim and at the time, was the fourth youngest debutant ever. He played 18 games in his first season and 34 the next in the 2. Bundesliga.

The next year, he transferred to Bayer Leverkusen. Wörns quickly established himself as a defensive stalwart and anchored the strong Leverkusen defense for nearly a decade, together with Jens Nowotny and Markus Happe.

In 1998 he moved abroad to Paris SG in France. He failed to settle in and after one season transferred to Borussia Dortmund. He continued to play at Borussia Dortmund until he retired in 2008.

International career

Wörns represented his country on 66 occasions and did not score.

  • Euro 1996: after an injury hit season, Wörns fails to get nominated and misses being on the winning squad.
  • World Cup 1998: Considered the best player on the German squad, Wörns played a stellar tournament until he fouled Davor Šuker in the 40th minute of the quarter-final match against Croatia to stop a possible breakaway run on goal following a lazy back pass by Lothar Matthaus. Though Wörns, realizing he's late, appeared to pull out of the tackle, contact was made with Šuker who fell theatrically, rolling several times on the ground. The German got a straight red card from Norwegian referee Rune Pedersen and three unanswered goals were scored against Germany after his sending off, making him the scapegoat for his country's 0-3 loss.
  • World Cup 2002: Wörns injures himself at the last moment, nonetheless Germany reached the final.
  • Euro Cup 2004: Despite his strong performances against Holland and Latvia, he could not prevent Germany from crashing out in the initial group stage.
  • When manager Jürgen Klinsmann announced the 22 players for the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, 34-year-old Wörns was only a backup squad member. This promped an outrageous interview by Wörns. Due to the fact that he verbally attacked Klinsmann during the interview, the German Football Association took disciplinary action against Wörns: he was banned from playing as an international. This was similar to what happened to Uli Stein (during the 1986 FIFA World Cup) and Stefan Effenberg (during the 1994 FIFA World Cup).

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
1989–90 Waldhof Mannheim Bundesliga 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1990–91 2. Bundesliga 24 3 0 0 0 0 24 3
1991–92 Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
1992–93 34 2 0 0 0 0 34 2
1993–94 33 6 0 0 6 1 39 7
1994–95 19 1 0 0 5 0 24 1
1995–96 25 2 0 0 0 0 25 2
1996–97 33 1 0 0 0 0 33 1
1997–98 29 1 0 0 7 0 36 1
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
1998–99 Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1 28 2 0 0 1 0 29 2
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
1999–2000 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 26 2 0 0 5 0 31 2
2000–01 23 2 0 0 0 0 23 2
2001–02 29 2 0 0 15 0 44 2
2002–03 30 0 0 0 10 0 40 0
2003–04 31 1 0 0 4 0 35 1
2004–05 29 1 0 0 0 0 29 1
2005–06 28 3 0 0 0 0 28 3
2006–07 24 2 0 0 0 0 24 2
2007–08 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
Total France 28 2 0 0 1 0 29 2
Germany 503 30 0 0 53 1 556 31
Career total 531 32 0 0 54 1 585 33

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen

Paris St-Germain FC

Borussia Dortmund

Germany National Team

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