Jan Schlaudraff

Football player infobox| playername= Jan Schlaudraff


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|7|18
cityofbirth = Waldbröl
countryofbirth = West Germany
height = height|m=1.80
currentclub = Hannover 96
clubnumber = 13
position = Striker
years = 2002–2004
2004–2007
2007–2008
2008–
youthyears= 1992–1996
1996–2002
youthclubs= JSG Wissen
Hassia Bingen
clubs = Borussia Mönchengladbach
Alemannia Aachen
Bayern Munich
Hannover 96
caps(goals) = 10 0(0)
72 (19)
08 0(0)
08 0(3)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(0)
pcupdate = October 102008
ntupdate = July 12007

Jan Schlaudraff (born July 18, 1983) is a footballer who plays for Hannover 96. He primarily plays as a striker.

Career

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

He came up with Borussia Mönchengladbach as a midfielder in 2002.

Alemannia Aachen

He transferred to Alemannia Aachen in 2004 where he became a striker and was elevated to Captain for much of the first half of the season. He wore the number 19 shirt and had a breakthrough season in the Bundesliga, which led to his international debut which came against Georgia in October 2006. Aachen were promoted to the Bundesliga in the 2006-07 season as champions of the 2. Bundesliga, but were relegated just after one season. Schlaudraff didn't have to play at 2. Bundesliga again though, as he was signed by German powerhouse Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich

During the winter break 2006, Jan secured a move from Alemania Aachen to Bayern Munich, which started July 1, 2007 for a transfer fee of 1.2 m €. The competition for him was fierce, since he had Klose, Toni and Podolski ahead of him. Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld chose to use Schlaudraff as a substitute in a few matches and in most cases as an attacking midfielder. However, Jan made it to the starting 11 for the first time while being in FC Bayern versus rivals MSV Duisburg. He didn't manage to score any goals for the German Bundesliga but he scored ten goals in friendly matches. One against the Chinese Olympic football team, two against Fortuna Düsseldorf and seven more on May 13, 2008, against Darmstadt. The game ended 5–11. Further on, in Bayern's end-of-season Asian tour, Schlaudraff scored a hat-trick against the Indonesian national team in a 5–1 victory, with Toni Kroos and Breno also netting. [cite web | url = http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=94245| title = Indonesian national side concede five to Bundesliga champions | accessdate = 2008-05-23 | publisher = www.tribalfootball.com | date = 2008-05-22] After scoring another two goals against Indian side Mohun Bagan in a 3-0 victory, [cite web | url = http://www.soccerway.com/news/2008/May/27/in-india-king-kahn-bows-out-with-a-clean-sheet | title = In India, King Kahn bows out with a clean sheet | accessdate = 2008-06-07 | publisher = www.soccerway.com | date = 2008-05-27 ] Schlaudraff's pre-season tally boasted 15 goals in just five games.

Hannover 96

In July 2008, he moved to Hannover 96. [cite web | url = http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/schlaudraff_to_join_hannover_news_253873.html?aff=rss | title = Schlaudraff to join Hannover | accessdate = 2008-05-23 | publisher = www.worldsoccer.com | date = 2008-04-24] In Hannover he is used as a striker and he scored his first two goals with his new jersey on September 14 vs rivals Borussia Monchengladbach.

International career

He made his debut when he was called up for two games in October 2006. One was a friendly against Georgia and a Euro 2008 qualifier against Slovakia. [cite web|url=http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=419045&plid=15641&clid=357&cpid=3 | title=Low picks uncapped trio | accessdate=2006-12-26 | publisher=Sky Sports Website]

Honours

*German Super Cup: 2007
*German Cup: 2008
*Bundesliga: 2008

Career stats

References

External links

* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/schlaudraffjan/ Career stats at Fussballdaten.de] de icon