- Markus Pröll
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Markus Pröll Personal information Full name Markus Pröll Date of birth 28 August 1979 Place of birth Rheinbach, West Germany Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Free agent Youth career 1985–1991 VfR Flamersheim 1993–1995 Eintracht Lommersum 1995–1998 1. FC Köln Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2003 1. FC Köln 111 (0) 2003–2010 Eintracht Frankfurt 93 (0) 2011 Panionios 1 (0) National team‡ 2000–2001 Germany U-21 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:11, 19 August 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 August 2009Markus Pröll (born 28 August 1979 in Rheinbach) is a German football goalkeeper who most recently played for Panionios F.C. in Greece.
Club career
He started his professional career with 1. FC Köln before moving to Frankfurt for the 2003–04 season.
He was elected by the German football magazine kicker as the Bundesliga's best goalkeeper of the first half of the 2006–07 season. Unfortunately he hardly could contend this title as he suffered of many injuries.
Trivia
At the beginning of his career, Pröll became a target of some ridicule because his name "Pröll" literally means something like "lout" in German.
External links
- Profile at Eintracht Frankfurt's Official Website (German)
- Markus Pröll at eintracht-archiv.de (German)
- Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)
Categories:- 1979 births
- Association football goalkeepers
- Living people
- German footballers
- 1. FC Köln players
- 1. FC Köln II players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
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