- Benjamin Lauth
Football player infobox
playername = Benjamin Lauth
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|8|4
cityofbirth =Hausham
countryofbirth =West Germany
height = height|m=1.79
currentclub =Hannover 96
clubnumber = 21
position =Striker
years = 2000–2004
2004–2007
20072007–20082008-
clubs =TSV 1860 Munich Hamburg SV
→VfB Stuttgart (loan)Hannover 96 TSV 1860 Munich
caps(goals) = 51 (22)
47 (10)
11 0(1)
21 0(0)
07 0(1)
nationalyears = 2003–
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 05 0(0)
pcupdate =10 October 2008
ntupdate =1 July 2007 Benjamin Lauth (born
August 4 ,1981 inHausham ) is a German footballer who currently plays forTSV 1860 Munich .Lauth began his career with
TSV 1860 Munich , where he had played in his youth years. He gradually established himself as their leading striker and was called up into the German national team for the first time in 2003.In 2004 TSV got relegated, and he moved to
Hamburg SV . However, his progress was hampered by a string of nagging injuries, limiting him to only ten appearances in the 2004-05 season. However, he regained his form and earned himself a starting place in the HSV attack for much of the 2005-06 season.On
January 25 ,2007 , Lauth was loaned toVfB Stuttgart , playing his first Bundesliga game againstArminia Bielefeld on January 30. [ cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com
url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3571.php | accessdate=February 6 | accessyear=2007]On
July 3 ,2007 , he moved toHannover 96 .In July 2008 he returned to
TSV 1860 Munich .Accolades
In 2002, Lauth scored the German "Goal of the Year" (Tor des Jahres) with a spectacular bicycle kick.
Trivia
Lauth is subject of the song "Lauth anhören" (a
pun of "laut anhören", listen loudly) bySportfreunde Stiller , who are avidBavaria n soccer fans. Lauth was talented for tennis and skiing, at a young age he was offered the opportunity to go the young German academy for skiing.Career stats
Honours
* Bundesliga 2006/07
References
External links
* [http://www.benny-lauth.de/ Official Website]
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/lauthbenjamin/ Career statistics at fussballdaten.de] de icon
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