- Andreas Ottl
Football player infobox
playername = Andreas Ottl
fullname = Andreas Ottl
height = height|m=1.85
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|3|1
cityofbirth =Munich
countryofbirth =West Germany
currentclub = Bayern Munich
clubnumber = 16
position = Defensive midfielder
youthyears = 1991–1996
youthclubs = SV Nord Lerchenau
years = 2003–2007
2005–
clubs = Bayern Munich II
Bayern Munich
caps(goals) = 78 (9)
56 (5)
nationalyears = 2004–2005
2006–
nationalteam = Germany U-20
Germany U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 09 (2)
04 (0) [cite web|url=http://www.andreas-ottl.net/?221A0A1|title=Ottl official fan site career stats]
pcupdate =September 29 2008
ntupdate =July 23 2007 Andreas Ottl (born
March 1 ,1985 inMunich ,Bavaria ,West Germany ) is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bayern Munich. He signed his first professional contract onJuly 1 ,2005 . He also plays for Germany's U-21 Team. He is at present one of the only four Munich natives in the Bayern Munich squad, alongsidePhilipp Lahm ,Christian Lell andStephan Fürstner . [Taken from German Wikipedia article on [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Ottl] ] Ottl is a highly versatile player being able to play various midfield positions as well as playing as a defender.Profile
Ottl started playing football for the Munich-based football club "SV Nord Lerchenau". [cite web| url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/players/player=74251/index.html | title=Player profile for Andreas Ottl | accessdate=2004-12-01 | publisher=UEFA | language=English ] Since 1996 he played for different junior teams of Bayern Munich. In 2002 Hermann Gerland, coach of the Bayern Munich reserves team, nominated him to play in the Regionalliga (third division). As Ottl was one of the key players of the third division team, he was given the chance to play for the senior team. Ottl is now the sixth player of the Bayern youth set-up who is currently featured in the Bundesliga squad after signing professional forms on
July 1 2005 , a first full-time contract for the youngster thus following in the footsteps ofBastian Schweinsteiger ,Owen Hargreaves and company. The versatiledefensive midfielder will continue to amass match practice with the reserves where he has been a regular for two seasons and collected third division south championship honours in2004 . He scored his first goal againstFC Kaiserslautern . [cite web| url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/players/player=74251/index.html | title=Player profile for Andreas Ottl | accessdate=2004-12-01 | publisher=UEFA | language=English ]Honours
*German U-17 youth championship: 2001
*German U-19 youth championship: 2002 and 2004
*German third division south championship: 2004
*Bundesliga: 2006, 2008
*German Cup : 2006, 2008
*German League-Cup: 2007Club career
As of: 29 September, 2008
External links
* [http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/teams/profis/00400.php?fcb_sid=2cfac76ba27367d2a3f80de77eba1ebc/ Profile @ fcb.de]
* [http://www.andreas-ottl.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ottlandreas/ Career statistics at fussballdaten.de]References
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