Andreas Hinkel

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Andreas Hinkel

Full name	Andreas Hinkel
Date of birth	March 26, 1982 (1982-03-26) (age 26)
Place of birth	Backnang, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Celtic
Number	2
Youth clubs
1987-1992 1992-2000	TSV Leutenbach VfB Stuttgart
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2006 2006–2007 2008–	VfB Stuttgart Sevilla Celtic	137 0(1) 015 0(0) 015 0(1)
National team²
2003–	Germany	17 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Andreas Hinkel (born March 26, 1982 in Backnang) is a professional German footballer, who plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic FC. He is an attacking right back who is well known for his dribbling skills.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

Hinkel started his career in VfB Stuttgart of Germany's Bundesliga, since the age of 10, but still managing to finish secondary school.

After finishing in second with Stuttgart in 2002-03, and already established as first-choice, Hinkel took part in UEFA Champions League for the first time in his career. In March 2004, however, he suffered a knee ligament injury.

On June 23, 2006, Hinkel signed a 4-year contract with Sevilla FC. The transfer fee was estimated to be around €4million.

Unable to dislodge perennial right-back Daniel Alves, on January 4, 2008, he was confirmed as Scottish giants Celtic F.C.'s new signing, for a fee of £1.9 million.^[1]^[2]Hinkel played his first Celtic game during the club's 3-0 Scottish Cup win over Stirling Albion eight days later, and would score his first goal for Celtic a month later, in the 3-0 win over Hearts at Celtic Park, on February 16.

[edit] International career

Hinkel has represented his country on 17 occasions, making his debut in 2003 against Serbia and Montenegro. He was part of the German squad during Euro 2004 (having recovered from aforementioned knee injury), but missed the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Honours

Sevilla FC
- UEFA Super Cup 2006
- UEFA Cup 2007
- Spanish Cup 2007
- Spanish Supercup 2007

Celtic F.C.
- Scottish Championship 2008

[edit] References

^ Hinkel signs for Celtic
^ Celtic sign Hinkel from Sevilla BBC, January 4, 2008

[edit] External links

v • d • e

Celtic F.C. – current squad

1 Boruc • 2 Hinkel • 3 Naylor • 5 Caldwell • 6 Baldé • 8 S. Brown • 9 Samaras • 10 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 11 Hartley • 12 Wilson • 14 Riordan • 15 Sno • 17 Pressley • 18 Donati • 19 Robson • 21 M. Brown • 23 Hutchinson • 24 Perrier-Doumbé • 25 Nakamura • 26 Sheridan • 27 McDonald • 29 Mizuno • 33 Killen • 38 Quinn • 41 Kennedy • 42 McGlinchey • 43 O'Carroll • 44 McManus • 45 O'Brien • 46 McGeady • 47 McGovern • 48 O'Dea • 49 Cuthbert • 51 Riley • 52 Caddis • 53 Ferry • 54 Conroy • 55 McGowan • 62 Fox • Manager: Strachan

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 2004

1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Wörns • 5 Nowotny • 6 Baumann • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Hamann • 9 Bobic • 10 Kuranyi • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Brdaric • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Ziege • 18 Ernst • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Lahm • 22 Frings • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Völler