Moritz Volz

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Moritz Volz
Personal information
Full name Moritz Volz
Date of birth January 21, 1983 (1983-01-21) (age 25)
Place of birth    Siegen, West Germany
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Fulham
Number 2
Youth clubs

1999–2000		 Spvg Bürbach 09
FC Schalke 04
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2004
2003
2003–2004
2004–		 Arsenal
→ Wimbledon (loan)
→ Fulham (loan)
Fulham		 000 (0)
010 (1)
017 (0)
108 (2)   
National team2
2003-2006 Germany Under-21 020 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:21, 15 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 31, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Moritz Volz (born January 21, 1983 in Siegen) is a German footballer currently playing for Fulham in London, England. Volz generally prefers to play at right-back, although he is comfortable at any defensive position and has played in midfield as well.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Volz started his career in his native Germany at FC Schalke 04 before being spotted by Arsenal while playing for the German Youth team. He was offered a contract and joined the Gunners in the summer of 1999. Volz played only a few times for Arsenal, his debut coming in a League Cup defeat to Ipswich Town in 2000. In February 2003, he was loaned out to Wimbledon, where he impressed by scoring on his debut and going on to make nine further appearances for the Dons. He returned from loan in the summer of the same year before joining Fulham, again on loan, in August 2003. The move was made permanent in January 2004.

[edit] Fulham

Volz has attained cult-figure status with Fulham fans, in part due to his commitment and passion and to his community involvement[1], but also because it was revealed that he rides his bicycle to home games. His terrace nicknames include '220 Volz', 'The Electrician', 'Mr Resistor' and 'The Lightbulb', although by far the most common with Fulham fans is the rather simple 'Volzy'. He is also nicknamed 'The Hoff' due to German stereotype he often refers to on his website. David Hasselhoff. For the match against Aston Villa on Saturday October 21, 2006, he had 'The Hoff's name written on his boots for good luck, and promptly scored his first goal in three years.[2]

On December 30, 2006, he scored the 15,000th goal in Premiership history for Fulham against Chelsea. [3] Inevitably, this gave birth to the new nickname '15,000 Volz'. By scoring the goal, Volz was able to donate £15,000 to a charity of his choice. He donated the money in three equal parts to Kick 4 Life, The Princes Trust and Fulham Football Club's Community charity.

[edit] International career

Although Volz was not part of the German team that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup on home soil in 2006, he has been an ever-present force in Dieter Eilts' successful Germany U-21 side. He helped the team qualify for the European Championships in summer 2006. He is currently fourth in the National team pecking order for the right back position, behind Clemens Fritz, Arne Friedrich and Andreas Hinkel. While never having played a full international for Germany, he was nominated in the squad for the November 17, 2004 game in Leipzig against Cameroon.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Reading Stars", May 18, 2007. 
  2. ^ "The Hoff Inspires Volz to Score". Retrieved on 2006-10-25. 
  3. ^ Saturday 30th December games

[edit] External links

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