- Christoph Preuß
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Christoph Preuß Personal information Full name Christoph Preuß Date of birth July 4, 1981 Place of birth Gießen, West Germany Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Defender, Defensive midfielder Club information Current club Retired Youth career 1986-1997 TSV Großen-Linden 1997-2000 Eintracht Frankfurt Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2000-2002 Eintracht Frankfurt 52 (4) 2002-2003 Bayer Leverkusen 4 (0) 2003-2004 Eintracht Frankfurt 29 (3) 2004-2005 VfL Bochum 30 (2) 2005-2010 Eintracht Frankfurt 47 (2) National team Germany under-21 23 (?) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 31, 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).Christoph Preuß (born 4 July 1981 in Gießen, Hesse) is a former German football player.
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Early life
Preuß was born in Gießen, Hesse. Raised up in the Hessian town of Linden.
Career
He played for local TSV Großen-Linden, before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt, nicknamed the Eagles.
Since 2005-2006 Preuß is playing for the Eagles. In the 2006-2007 campaign he had bad luck, being injured for almost the whole first half of the season. On March 17 he secured the 1-0 victory for the Eagles with a spectacular bicycle kick goal against Bayern Munich which earned Preuß the Goal of the Month award and finished second in the Goal of the Year poll. Since then he was plagued with injuries for almost all the time. After coming back from a two-year injury he appeared three times in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt but injured once again. On 28 January 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.
International career
There he became a U17 national and absolved all DFB youth teams up to the under-21 team.
External links
- (German) Official Website
- (German) Profile at Eintracht Frankfurt's Official Website
- (German) Christoph Preuß at eintracht-archiv.de
Germany squad – 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Giessen
- German footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- VfL Bochum players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Eintracht Frankfurt II players
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- German football defender, 1980s birth stubs
- German football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs
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