- Simon Rolfes
Football player infobox
playername= Simon Rolfes
fullname = Simon Rolfes
height = height|m=1.89
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|1|21
cityofbirth =Ibbenbüren
countryofbirth =West Germany
currentclub = Bayer Leverkusen
clubnumber = 6
position = Defensive Midfielder
youthyears = 1986–1999
1999–2000
youthclubs = TuS Recke
Werder Bremen
years = 2000–2004
2002–2003
2004–2005
2005–
clubs = Werder Bremen II
→SSV Reutlingen (loan)Alemannia Aachen
Bayer Leverkusen
caps(goals) = 100 (18)
013 0(0)
028 0(3)
107 (19)
nationalyears = 2002
2007–
nationalteam = Germany U-21
Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 0(0)
016 0(1)
pcupdate =October 4 2008
ntupdate = 21:16, 11 October 2008 (UTC)Simon Rolfes (born
January 21 ,1982 inIbbenbüren ) is a German footballer who plays for Bayer Leverkusen. Rolfes wears the number 6 for national and club play.Career
Club career
Rolfes started his senior career at Werder Bremen after progressing through their academy. He made exactly 100 league appearances for the club and managed to notch 18 goals from his defensive midfield position. He spent a season on loan at
SSV Reutlingen from 2002 to 2003, making 13 appearances. In 2004 he moved toAlemannia Aachen and played 28 times in his one season there. In 2005, Bayer Leverkusen signed him and since then he has made just short of 110 appearances and scored 19 goals.International career
He made his international debut for the Germany in a friendly against Denmark on
March 28 ,2007 .He was part of the German team that finished as runners up at Euro 2008. He started in the quarter final against Portugal in
Basel which Germany won 3-2, and started the semi-final against Turkey, also inBasel and also won by a score of 3-2.Honours
National Team
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UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008External links
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=18687&cc=5901 Profile at
ESPN 'sSoccernet ]
* [http://www.simon-rolfes.de Official Site] de icon
* [http://www.leverkusen.com/whoiswho/whoiswho.php4?view=Rolfes_S Leverkusen who's who]
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/rolfessimon/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de] de icon
* [http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/players/player=57631/index.html Euro 2008 Website]
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