Christian Wörns

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Christian Wörns
Personal information
Full name	Christian Wörns
Date of birth	May 10, 1972
Place of birth	Mannheim, Germany
Height	185 cm
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1989-1991 1991-1998 1998-1999 1999-present	Waldhof Mannheim Bayer Leverkusen Paris Saint-Germain Borussia Dortmund	52 (2) 211 (13) 28 (2) 201 (12)
National team**
1992-2005	Germany	66 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 4, 2006.

Christian Wörns (born on May 10, 1972 in Mannheim) is a professional German footballer, currently playing for Borussia Dortmund.

Contents 1 Career 2 Successes 3 International career 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Career

Wörns debuted at the tender age of 17 years, 3 months and 30 days for Waldhof Mannheim and was the fourth youngest debutant ever. The next year, he transferred to Bayer Leverkusen, quickly established himself as a defensive stalwart and anchored the strong Leverkusen defense for nearly a decade, together with Jens Nowotny and Markus Happe.

In 1998, he changed to Paris Saint-Germain FC, but there, he failed to achieve success and transferred to Borussia Dortmund the next year, where he has been playing ever since.

[edit] Successes

• German champion 2002
• German Cup 1993

[edit] International career

Wörns represented his country on 66 occasions and is yet to score. Striking is the fact that Wörns, considered one of the finest German defenders of his generation, has suffered a long string of professional failures in the German squad.

• Euro 1996: after an absolutely dismal season, Wörns fails to get nominated and misses being on the winning squad.
• World Cup 1998: Considered the best player on the German squad, Wörns plays a stellar tourney until he fouls Davor Šuker in the quarter final match against Croatia to stop a breakaway run on goal. He is sent off and three unanswered goals are scored against Germany after his red card, making him the scapegoat for his country's 0-3 loss.
• World Cup 2002: Wörns injures himself at the last moment, nonetheless Germany reaches the final.
• Euro Cup 2004: Wörns plays a strong tourney, but cannot prevent Germany from exiting in the group stage.
• World Cup 2006: Wörns is controversially sacked as an international by coach Jürgen Klinsmann, although Wörns is regarded as one of the (few) German defenders who are both regulars in their clubs and playing well. Germany takes third place in the tournament.

After the 2006 World Cup, national team manager Oliver Bierhoff disclosed that Wörns was dropped because he had refused to train in adidas boots, as required by the DFB. Wörns stated that he had difficulty wearing adidas boots following injury.[1]

[edit] Trivia

• Wörns has a large birthmark on his adam's apple.

[edit] External links

• Leverkusen who's who

	Germany squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Köpke | 2 Wörns | 3 Heinrich | 4 Kohler | 5 Helmer | 6 Thon | 7 Möller | 8 Matthäus | 9 Kirsten | 10 Häßler | 11 Marschall | 12 Kahn | 13 Jeremies | 14 Babbel | 15 Freund | 16 Hamann | 17 Ziege | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Reuter | 20 Bierhoff | 21 Tarnat | 22 Lehmann | Coach: Vogts

Borussia Dortmund - Current Squad
1 Weidenfeller | 2 Amedick | 3 Brzenska | 4 Wörns | 5 Kehl | 6 Kringe | 7 Buckley | 8 Amoah | 9 Valdez | 10 Pienaar | 13 Frei | 14 Smolarek | 16 Saka | 17 Dedé | 18 Ricken | 20 Meier | 21 Metzelder | 22 Kruska | 23 Degen | 25 Şahin | 27 Hünemeier | 28 Tyrala | 29 Rammel | 33 Vrzogic | 34 Pirson | 36 Amachaibo | 38 Hillenbrand