Michael Silberbauer

Michael Silberbauer

Winning the Superliga with FC Copenhagen, 2006.
Personal information
Full name	Michael Kappelgaard Silberbauer
Date of birth	7 July 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 30)
Place of birth	Støvring, Denmark
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre midfielder
Club information
Current club	Young Boys
Number	6
Youth career
	Støvring IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	AaB	105	(20)
2004–2008	FC København	129	(19)
2008–2011	FC Utrecht	90	(6)
2011–	Young Boys	10	(0)
National team‡
1997	Denmark U17	12	(2)
1998–1999	Denmark U19	8	(2)
2002	Denmark U20	5	(1)
2000–2003	Denmark U21	24	(2)
2002–	Denmark	19	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:53, 25 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:25, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Michael Silberbauer (born 7 July 1981) is a Danish professional footballer, currently playing for Young Boys Bern in the Swiss Super League. He can play as right wing and central midfielder. Recently he has played left back for the Danish national team.

Silberbauer has previously played more than a 100 games for each Danish club Aalborg BK and FC Copenhagen, winning three Danish Superliga titles with FC Copenhagen. He has been capped 19 times for the Denmark national football team, scoring a single goal.

Club career

Born in Støvring, Silberbauer started his career playing youth football for local amateur team Støvring IF, before moving to near-by top-flight club Aalborg BK (AaB).^[1] He made his Danish Superliga debut for AaB in the 3-2 win against defending Superliga champions Herfølge BK on 26 July 2000, and he played 28 of 33 games during the 2000-01 Danish Superliga season.^[2] Silberbauer played a total 105 Superliga games for AaB until December 2003, and was named AaB player of the year in both 2001 and 2002.^[1]

In January 2004, Silberbauer moved on to Superliga rivals FC Copenhagen (FCK) in a transfer deal reportedly worth between 7-10 million DKK.^[1] In his first six months with FCK, he won both the 2003-04 Danish Superliga championship and the 2003-04 Danish Cup trophy. In the spring of 2005, he was in top form, scoring four goals in two games, before he suffered an injury in a game against arch rivals Brøndby IF.^[3] He won a further two Danish Superliga titles with FCK, before leaving the club as his contract expired in the Summer 2008.^[4]

Silberbauer then moved abroad to play for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Utrecht. He was eventually named team captain of Utrecht, and was seen as a leader figure for the young team.^[5] With his contract running out in the Summer 2011, Utrecht looked to sell him in the Winter 2010 transfer window, with a number of British clubs reportedly interested.^[5] Silberbauer was not sold, and eventually agreed a free transfer move to Swiss Super League club Young Boys Bern in April 2011, effective from July 2011.^[6]

International career

At the age of 16, Silberbauer made his international debut for the Danish under-17 national team in August 1997. He participated in the 1998 European Under-16 Championship. Up until November 2003, he played a total 56 games and scored seven goals for the various Danish youth selections, including 24 games and two goals for the Danish under-21 national team.^[7]

Silberbauer was selected for the senior Danish national team under national team manager Morten Olsen, and made his debut in the 1-0 friendly game win against Scotland in August 2002. It would be two-and-a-half years and a move to FCK before he added the second game to his tally. It came in March 2005, as he took part in the 3-0 win against Kazakhstan in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament. Silberbauer scored his first international goal in his fourth game, a 1-0 friendly win against Finland in June 2005.^[8] It came as a surprise to many commentators that Silberbauer was not included in Olsen's squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and Silberbauer himself was so disappointed that he considered ending his international career.^[9] Following the World Cup, he was called up for the national team again.

Silberbauer has also represented the Denmark League XI national football team, a selection of the best domestic Danish Superliga players managed by Morten Olsen for a number of unofficial international matches. Silberbauer has played an aggregated seven games and scored one goal for the League XI team in 2002, 2004, and 2006.^[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 2005	Tampere, Finland	Finland	1–0	1–0	Friendly match

Honours

• Danish Superliga winner: 2003–04, 2005–06 and 2006–07 (with Copenhagen)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/silberbauer-profil
2. ^ danskfodbold.com - DBU's Officielle Statistikere
3. ^ danskfodbold.com - DBU's Officielle Statistikere
4. ^ Hollandsk interesse for Silberbauer | Tipsbladet
5. ^ ^{a b} Utrecht captain Michael Silberbauer interested in January move to Celtic despite English interest - Herald Scotland | Sport | SPL | Celtic
6. ^ Silberbauer: Hele pakken var i Young Boys | Tipsbladet
7. ^ Landsholdsdatabasen spiller information
8. ^ Landsholdsdatabasen kamp information
9. ^ Silberbauer har overvejet landsholdsstop - Politiken.dk
10. ^ Landsholdsdatabasen spiller information

External links

• Michael Silberbauer profile Dansk Boldspil-Union
• Oldtimers - Silberbauer Michael AaB Sport
• Michael Silberbauer profile Voetbal International (Dutch)

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Name	Silberbauer, Michael
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Date of birth	7 July 1981
Place of birth	Støvring, Denmark
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