Daniel Van Buyten

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Daniel Van Buyten (born February 7, 1978 in Belgium) is a Belgian international footballer who currently plays as a defender for Bayern Munich, following a June 2006 transfer from Hamburger SV.

His father Franz was a popular catcher/wrestler in Europe from 1960 to 1980. His mother Renate is a German from Hannover. In the 2003-04 season Van Buyten, then of Olympique Marseille, had a short term loan spell in England with Manchester City but did not make a full time move to the Premiership. In June of 2006, Bayern Munich announced it had acquired Van Buyten from Bundesliga rival Hamburg, and signed him to a contract lasting through the 2009-10 season.

[edit] Club Stats

All-Time Club Performance

Club	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cup		European Competition		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Bayern Munich	06-07	4	0	1	0	5	0	7	0
Total		4	0	1	0	5	0	9	0
Hamburger SV	05-06	27	2	3	1	10	2	40	5
	04-05	34	5
Total		59	7
Manchester City	03-04	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Total		5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Olympique Marseille	03-04	18	2
	02-03	35	8
	01-02	23	2
Total		76	12
Standard Liège	00-01	29	4
	99-00	28	3
Total		57	7
Charleroi	98-99	19	1					19	1
Total		19	1
Career Totals		191	27

FC Bayern Munich - Current Squad
1 Kahn | 2 Sagnol | 3 Lúcio | 5 Van Buyten | 6 Demichelis | 7 Scholl | 8 Karimi | 10 Makaay | 11 Podolski | 14 Pizarro | 17 van Bommel | 18 Görlitz | 19 Dos Santos | 20 Salihamidžić | 21 Lahm | 22 Rensing | 23 Hargreaves | 24 Santa Cruz | 25 Ismaël | 26 Deisler | 29 Dreher | 30 Lell | 31 Schweinsteiger | 36 Fürstner | 37 Saba | 39 Ottl | Coach: Magath

	Belgium squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 De Vlieger | 2 Deflandre | 3 De Boeck | 4 Van Meir | 5 Van Kerckhoven | 6 Simons | 7 Wilmots | 8 Goor | 9 Sonck | 10 Walem | 11 Verheyen | 12 Van Der Heyden | 13 Vandendriessche | 14 Vermant | 15 Peeters | 16 Van Buyten | 17 Englebert | 18 Vanderhaeghe | 19 Thijs | 20 Strupar | 21 Boffin | 22 Mpenza | 23 Herpoel | Coach: Waseige