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Delron Buckley Personal information Full name Delron Sebastian Buckley Date of birth December 7, 1977 Place of birth Durban, South Africa Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Playing position Winger Club information Current club Karlsruher SC Number 39 Youth career 1994–1995 Butcherfille Rovers Durban 1995– VfL Bochum Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998 – VfL Bochum II 1995–2004 VfL Bochum 177 (20) 2004–2005 Arminia Bielefeld 29 (15) 2005–2009 Borussia Dortmund 62 (1) 2006–2007 → FC Basel (loan) 22 (1) 2008 Borussia Dortmund II 2 (0) 2008–2009 Mainz 05 11 (1) 2009–2010 Anorthosis Famagusta 20 (2) 2011– Karlsruher SC 1 (1) National team‡ 1998–2008 South Africa 72 (10) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 15, 2011[1].
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 2, 2009Delron Sebastian Buckley (born December 7, 1977 in Durban) is a South African footballer playing for Karlsruher SC.
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Club career
Buckley's soccer career began with his local team Butcherfille Rovers Durban, but when he was 17 years old he was signed by German club VfL Bochum. Buckley spent most of his career in Germany, going through Bochum's youth teams and debuting in the Bundesliga in 1995. Buckley finally broke into the first squad in 1998 and remained a starter for much of his time at Bochum.
Having spent nine professional seasons with Bochum, Buckley left in 2004 for Arminia Bielefeld where he enjoyed his most successful season personally, scoring 15 goals and helping the team avoid relegation. Buckley quickly picked up interest from higher-rated clubs. After only one season at Bielefeld, Buckley joined Borussia Dortmund for a reported transfer fee of €425k, and signed a four-year contract.
Buckley's first season at Borussia Dortmund was largely unsuccessful as he failed to score in 28 league matches. Widely regarded as bad signing, Buckley was loaned to Swiss club FC Basel 1893 for the 2006–07 season. After returning in July 2007, Buckley was able to regain his place in the Borussia squad for the 2007–08 season, but fell out of favour after the arrival of new manager Jürgen Klopp.[2]
In February 2009, he signed for 1. FSV Mainz 05 for the remainder of the season and was released on 30 June 2009.[3] He moved then to Cyprian club Anorthosis Famagusta FC where he played until the end of 2010–11 season.
In January 2011 he transferred to German 2. Bundesliga team Karlsruher SC.
Position
His preferred position is on the left wing although he can play in the centre of midfield or as a striker.
International career
Buckley made his international debut in a friendly against Zambia on May 20, 1998. He has played 72 games and scored 10 goals for the South African national team. Buckley represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 African Nations Cup.
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 June 18, 2000 Witbank, South Africa Swaziland
1–0 2–0 COSAFA Cup 2 June 18, 2000 Witbank, South Africa Swaziland
2–0 2–0 COSAFA Cup 3 July 9, 2000 Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
1–0 2–0 World Cup qualifier 4 July 9, 2000 Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
2–0 2–0 World Cup qualifier 5 January 13, 2001 Belle Vue, Mauritius Mauritius
1–0 1–1 African Nations Cup qualifier 6 March 27, 2002 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia
1–2 1–4 Friendly match 7 October 12, 2002 Bloemfontein, South Africa Burundi
2–0 2–0 African Nations Cup qualifier 8 June 4, 2005 Praia, Cape Verde Cape Verde
2–0 2–1 World Cup qualifier 9 August 17, 2005 Reykjavik, Iceland Iceland
1–1 1–4 Friendly match 10 March 24, 2007 Ndjamena, Chad Chad
2–0 3–0 African Nations Cup qualifier Personal
Buckley is married and has two daughters. He holds a German passport.
Trivia
In the summer of 2007, Delron was nicknamed "Martin" and "Martinus" by fans after it was announced that "Martin Buckley" of Borussia Dortmund was to join English Premier League club Sunderland AFC. The move broke down due to assurances over first team football.
References
- ^ "Delron Buckley" (in German). fussballdaten.de. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/buckleydelron/. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ Delron Buckley at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Kein Harakiri mit teuren Spielern" (in German). Rhein-Zeitung. May 27, 2009. http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/09/05/27/sportsline/fussball/zweitebundesliga/news/t/rzo574082.html?a. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
External links
- Delron Buckley at kicker.de (German)
Karlsruher SC – current squad 1 Orlishausen · 2 Lechner · 3 S. Müller · 4 Hoheneder · 5 Kempe · 6 Groß · 7 Piossek · 8 Lamidi · 9 Iashvili · 10 Buckley · 11 Terrazzino · 13 Haas · 14 Fink · 15 Cuntz · 16 Aquaro · 17 Staffeldt · 18 Zoller · 19 Stadler · 20 Cristea · 21 Krebs · 22 Schiek · 23 B. Müller · 24 Robles · 25 Konrad · 26 Milchraum · 27 Kern · 29 Ngwat-Mahop · 30 Lavrič · Manager: Scharinger
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