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Daniel Van Buyten 
Personal information Full name Daniel Van Buyten Date of birth 7 February 1978 Place of birth Chimay, Belgium Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Playing position Centre Back Club information Current club Bayern Munich Number 5 Youth career 1986–1991 JS Froidchapelle 1991–1993 Olympic Charleroi 1993–1994 UBS Auvelais 1994–1997 FC Somzée 1997–1998 Charleroi Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–1999 Charleroi 19 (1) 1999–2001 Standard Liège 57 (7) 2001–2004 Marseille 76 (12) 2004 → Manchester City (loan) 5 (0) 2004–2006 Hamburger SV 61 (7) 2006– Bayern Munich 128 (17) 2010 → Bayern Munich II 1 (0) National team‡ 2001– Belgium 65 (10) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:29, 6 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:46, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Daniel Van Buyten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdaːnijɛl vɑn ˈbœytə(n)]; born 7 February 1978 in Chimay) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender and also as an emergency striker for Bayern Munich, following a June 2006 transfer from Hamburg. His father, Franz, was a Belgian popular catcher/wrestler in Europe from 1960 to 1980. His mother, Renate, is a German.
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Club career
Manchester City
In the 2003–04 season, Van Buyten, then of Olympique Marseille, had a short term loan spell in England with Manchester City but did not make a full time move to the Premier League.
Bayern Munich
In June 2006, Bayern Munich announced it had acquired Van Buyten from rivals Hamburg, and signed him to a contract lasting through the 2009–10 season. Van Buyten had a highly successful first season at the Bavarian club, forming a centre-back partnership with Lúcio. Van Buyten scored his first goal for Bayern Munich against Energie Cottbus on 9 December 2006. Bayern ran out 2–1 winners and it was Van Buyten's goal which secured the win. Van Buyten then scored his second goal for the club in the loss to Borussia Dortmund. However, Van Buyten's most valuable contribution came against Milan on 3 April 2007, in the first-leg of the Champions League quarter-final. Van Buyten scored two away goals to level the match and giving Bayern Munich the advantage in the tie (see below). The two close range efforts doubled his tally to four goals for the season.
On 4 February 2010, Bayern Munich announced that Van Buyten had signed a new contract that would keep him at the club until 2012.[1][2] During the second half of the 2010–11 season, Van Buyten was mostly relegated to bench player status, but recovered his starting spot towards the end of the season.
Champions League
In the first leg of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League quarter-final encounter against Milan at the San Siro, he scored twice with his left foot, once in the 78th minute to take Bayern to 1–1. Then he scored a stoppage time half-volley. This takes his tally to three total UEFA Champions League goals. He scored one for Marseille in 2003 against Real Madrid.
International career
Van Buyten was called-up to the national team in 2001 and was on roster for the 2002 World Cup. On 11 February 2009, he scored a rare double as the Belgians sunk Slovenia 2–0 in a friendly match.[3]
Bank theft incident
Whilst he was with Manchester City, he, along with players Djamel Belmadi and Matías Vuoso, was the victim of a theft by two bankers. In total, bank workers at the Co-operative Bank stole more than £350,000 from the accounts of the three players.
In January 2006,[4][5] the bank workers, Paul Sherwood, a cashier, and Paul Hanley, his supervisor, were jailed for 32 months and 12 months respectively.
Career statistics
Club career
- As of 22 November 2011
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total 1998–99 Charleroi First Division 19 1 0 0 — — 19 1 1999–2000 Standard Liège 28 3 0 0 — 28 3 2000–01 26 3 0 0 2 1 28 4 France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total 2001–02 Olympique Marseille Division 1 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 2002–03 Ligue 1 35 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 8 2003–04 18 2 0 0 0 0 8 1 26 3 England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total 2003–04 Manchester City Premier League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total 2004–05 Hamburg Bundesliga 34 5 1 0 — — 35 5 2005–06 25 2 3 1 — 14 2 42 5 2006–07 Bayern Munich 31 3 3 0 2 0 10 2 46 5 2007–08 19 1 4 1 1 0 3 1 27 3 2008–09 18 3 2 0 — 5 1 25 4 2009–10 31 6 4 2 11 1 46 9 2010–11 21 2 3 0 5 0 29 2 2011–12 8 2 1 0 6 0 15 2 Total Belgium 76 8 0 0 — 2 1 78 8 France 76 12 0 0 0 0 8 1 84 13 England 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Germany 187 24 21 4 3 0 54 7 265 35 Career total 344 43 23 4 3 0 64 9 432 58 International goals
Daniel Van Buyten: International Goals Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 24 March 2001 Hampden Park, Glasgow 
Scotland2 – 2 Drawn 2002 World Cup Qualification 2 30 March 2005 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle 
San Marino1 – 2 Won 2006 World Cup Qualification 3 7 September 2005 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp San Marino8 – 0 Won 2006 World Cup Qualification 4 6 September 2006 Republican Stadium, Yerevan 
Armenia0 – 1 Won Euro 2008 Qualification 5 11 February 2009 Cristal Arena, Genk 
Slovenia2 – 0 Won Friendly 6 7 9 September 2009 Republican Stadium, Yerevan Armenia2 – 1 Lost 2010 World Cup Qualification 8 7 September 2010 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul 
Turkey3 – 2 Lost UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 9 10 11 November 2011 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 
Romania2 – 1 Won Friendly Correct as of 11 November 2011 Honours
- Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga (2): 2007–08, 2009–10
- German Cup (2): 2007–08, 2009–10
- German League Cup (1): 2007
- DFL-Supercup (1): 2010
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2009–10
References
- ^ "Bayern Munich trio sign new deals". Ontheminute.com. 4 February 2010. http://www.ontheminute.com/news/news.php?news=20803. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "Van Buyten commits future to Bayern". UEFA.com. 5 February 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1445430.html. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "Belgium's Van Buyten sinks Slovenia". fifa.com. 12 February 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1025188.html?cid=rssfeed&att=. Retrieved 13 February 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Two bankers admit theft from City players". news.lifestyle.co.uk. http://news.lifestyle.co.uk/uknews/83907-uknews.htm. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ "Jail after thefts from football stars". thescotsman.com. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=154092006. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
External links
- Official website (German) (French) (Dutch)
- Daniel Van Buyten career stats at Soccerbase
- Daniel Van Buyten at fussballdaten.de (German)
FC Bayern Munich – current squad 1 Neuer · 2 Breno · 5 Van Buyten · 7 Ribéry · 9 Petersen · 10 Robben · 11 Olić · 13 Rafinha · 14 Usami · 17 Boateng · 21 Lahm (c) · 22 Butt · 23 Pranjić · 24 Riedmüller · 25 Müller · 26 Contento · 27 Alaba · 28 Badstuber · 30 Gustavo · 31 Schweinsteiger · 32 Sattelmaier · 33 Gómez · 39 Kroos · 44 Tymoshchuk · Manager: Heynckes
Belgium squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 De Vlieger • 2 Deflandre • 3 De Boeck • 4 Van Meir • 5 Van Kerckhoven • 6 Simons • 7 Wilmots (c) • 8 Goor • 9 Sonck • 10 Walem • 11 Verheyen • 12 Van Der Heyden • 13 Vandendriessche • 14 Vermant • 15 Peeters • 16 Van Buyten • 17 Englebert • 18 Vanderhaeghe • 19 Thijs • 20 Strupar • 21 Boffin • 22 Mpenza • 23 Herpoel • Coach: Waseige
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Chimay
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium international footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Hamburger SV players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- R. Charleroi S.C. players
- Standard Liège players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Bayern Munich players
- FC Bayern Munich II players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Belgian Pro League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Premier League players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
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