Fabian Ernst

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Fabian Ernst
Personal information
Date of birth	May 30, 1979
Place of birth	Hannover, Germany
Height	183 cm
Nickname	Fabi
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Schalke 04
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-2005 2005-	Hannover 96 Hamburger SV Werder Bremen FC Schalke 04	54 (1) 48 (0) 187 (13) 37 (0)
National team**
2002-	Germany	24 (1)
* 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 30 may 2006.

Fabian Ernst (born 30 May 1979 in Hannover) is a professional German footballer.

He started his career with Hannover 96. From 1998 to 2000 he played for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga, playing in 48 games, but scoring no goals. The midfielder turned then to Werder Bremen. In 152 games in the Bundesliga he scored 11 goals.

In 2002 he played his first international game, representing Germany against Kuwait. As of the end of 2005, he has won 23 caps and scored one goal for his country.

Since 2005 he has played for FC Schalke 04.

To his own surprise he was not selected for the German National Football Team for the FIFA World-Cup 2006.

FC Schalke 04 - Current Squad
1 Rost | 3 Kobiashvili | 4 Abel | 5 Bordon | 6 Hamit Altıntop | 7 Varela | 8 Ernst | 9 Larsen | 10 Lincoln | 11 Løvenkrands | 14 Asamoah | 16 Rodríguez | 17 Özil | 18 Rafinha | 19 Halil Altıntop | 20 Krstajić | 21 Baumjohann | 22 Kurányi | 24 Pander | 25 Bajramović | 26 Bungert | 27 Hoogland | 29 Neuer | 31 Boenisch | 33 Laumann