Sergej Barbarez

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Sergej Barbarez
Personal information
Full name Sergej Barbarez
Date of birth September 9, 1971
Place of birth Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Nickname Barba
Position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Bayer Leverkusen
Youth clubs
1984-1991 FK Velež Mostar
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1991-1993
1993-1996
1996-1998
1998-2000
2000-2006
2006-		 Hannover 96
Union Berlin
Hansa Rostock
Borussia Dortmund
Hamburger SV
Bayer Leverkusen		 18 (2)
88 (46)
59 (13)
36 (6)
174 (65)
National team**
1998-2005
2005 - present		 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48 (18)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 2006.
** National team caps and goals correct
as of October 9, 2006.

Sergej Barbarez (born September 17, 1971 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a famous and popular Bosnian-Herzegovian football midfielder playing for Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga.

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[edit] Biography

Sergej Barbarez was born to a Serb father[1] and Bosniak mother in the city of Mostar on September 9, 1971. Here, Barbarez was raised by his parents where he also received his education. As a young child, Sergej Barbarez was actually not very interested in football but in basketball and athletics. However, at the age of eleven, Barbarez started playing football though mostly for fun with friends after school.

Then, in 1984, Sergej Barbarez took a step further and started playing football for the youth team of FK Velež in his native city of Mostar.

Some six years later, Barbarez signed with the first team of FK Velež at the age of 19. However, briefly after, Barbarez served his former country in the Yugoslav People's Army before returning to Mostar to continue his career. In 1991, Sergej Barbarez returned to FK Velež and soon after everyone realized that Barbarez was a true talent.

The same year, Barbarez visited his uncle who was living in Germany. After some time, Barbarez was preparing to return back to Mostar but his uncle surprised Barbarez by extending his stay in Germany for two weeks. The uncle had arranged for Barbarez a two weeks try-out practise with Hannover 96. The coach of Hannover 96 was so impressed by Sergej Barbarez that he signed him for the club. During those same to weeks the political situation throughout former Yugoslavia was deteriorating by the minute and fighting was even occurring in some places. So Barbarez came to an agreement with his father to stay with the uncle in Germany for the near future.

In April 1992, the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina came to the city of Mostar. A month prior of the actual war, the father and sister of Sergej Barbarez fled with Sergej's high school sweetheart Ana to the city of Hannover in Germany. Sergej Barbarez's mother Zlata stayed in Mostar throughout the whole War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sergej Barbarez played for Hannover 96 during the second half of the 1991-1992 and the whole 1992-1993 season. During 1993-1996, Barbarez played for Union Berlin before signing with Hansa Rostock. Sergej Barbarez played for Hansa Rostock during 1996-1998.

In 1998, Sergej Barbarez made his debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team against Argentina.

From 1998, Barbarez played for Borussia Dortmund where he stayed until signing with Hamburger SV in July 2000.

During the first season with Hamburger SV, Sergej Barbarez became the top scorer for his club with 22 goals and joint top scorer of the German Bundesliga with Ebbe Sand. Though Barbarez could not help Hamburg elimination of the UEFA Champions League 2000/2001 at the group stages despite his two goals, when the club qualified for that competition for the first time, after a third place in the previous domestic Bundesliga season.

Amongst the supporters of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and many common people in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sergej Barbarez is regarded as one of the best Bosnia and Herzegovina football players ever.

Before he retired from international football on October 13, 2005, Barbarez was the captain and leader of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.

On December 2, 2005, he announced his comeback to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and will play in the EURO 2008 qualifiers. He will be the captain of the team once again. He came back because of the impudence of the other Bosnian players who left the team because Sergej did.

In December 2005, Barbarez was named the person of the year in Bosnia-Herzegovina, thereafter he received an Oscar from the jury, even though he faced much harder competitors.

On May 17, 2006, he signed a two-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen.

On October 12, 2006, Sergej Barbarez officially retired from playing for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.

[edit] Facts & Stats

[edit] Facts

  • Full Name: Sergej Barbarez
  • Date & Place of Birth: September 17, 1971 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
  • Weight: 182 lb (83 kg)
  • Family Life: Married with high school sweetheart Ana, the couple has two sons, Filip-André and Sergej-Luca.

[edit] Stats

  • Club Career:
FK Velež (1984-1991)
Hannover 96 (1991-1993)
Union Berlin (1993-1996)
Hansa Rostock (1996-1998)
Borussia Dortmund (1998-2000)
Hamburger SV (2000-2006 )
Bayer Leverkusen (2006- )
Total: In 236 matches scored 75 goals, received 65 yellow cards, 3 yellow and then red cards, 4 red cards
For: Hansa Rostock 59 matches and 13 goals
For: Borussia Dortmund 36 matches and 6 goals
For: Hamburger SV 141 matches and 56 goals
For: Bayer Leverkusen
All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup European Competition Total
App Goals App Goals App  Goals App Goals
Bayer Leverkusen 06-07 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
Hamburger SV 05-06 33 10 3 3 9 3
04-05 30 11
03-04 32 10
02-03 24 6
01-02 24 7
00-01 31 22
Total
Borussia Dortmund 99-00 14 2
99-99 22 4
Total
Hansa Rostock 97-98 32 11
96-97 27 2
Total
Career Totals


[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Interview with Sergej Barbarez by Bosnian Oslobodjenje "...ja jesam Srbin iz Mostara..."


Bayer Leverkusen - Current Squad

1 Butt | 2 Stenman | 3 R. Júnior | 4 Juan | 5 Haggui | 6 Rolfes | 7 Barnetta | 9 Barbarez | 10 Freier | 11 Kießling | 12 Voronin | 13 Athirson | 14 Tadić | 16 Schwegler | 17 Meyer | 19 Babić | 20 Fernandez | 22 Adler | 23 Madouni | 24 Touré | 25 Schneider | 26 Papadopulos | 27 Castro | 28 Ramelow | 29 Callsen-Bracker | 32 De Wit
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