Simon Rolfes

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Simon Rolfes
Personal information
Full name Simon Rolfes
Date of birth January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21) (age 26)
Place of birth    Ibbenbüren, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Number 6
Youth clubs
1986–1999 TuS Recke
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2004
2002–2003
2004–2005
2005–present		 Werder Bremen II
→ SSV Reutlingen (loan)
Alemannia Aachen
Bayer Leverkusen		 100 (18)
013 0(0)
028 0(3)
100 (18)   
National team2
2007– Germany 010 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 17, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 31, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Simon Rolfes (born January 21, 1982 in Ibbenbüren, West Germany) is a professional footballer from Germany who plays for Bayer Leverkusen. Rolfes uses the number 6 for national and club play.

[edit] Playing History

The first three seasons during his professional career yielded no playing time in the Bundesliga while playing for Werder Bremen. Rolfes played 32 games during his first season for Bayer Leverkusen while playing in only 28 games for Alemannia Aachen.

He made his international debut for the Germany in a friendly against Denmark on March 28, 2007.

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Bayer Leverkusen – current squad

1 Adler • 2 Haggui • 5 Friedrich • 6 Rolfes • 7 Barnetta • 8 Freier • 10 Gekas • 11 Kießling • 13 Bulykin • 14 Dum • 15 Sarpei • 16 Schwegler • 17 Greško • 20 Sinkiewicz • 21 Kurdov • 22 Fernandez • 23 Vidal • 25 Schneider • 27 Castro • 28 Ramelow • 29 Callsen-Bracker • 34 Domaschke • 36 Barbarez • Manager: Skibbe
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Germany squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Fritz • 5 Westermann • 6 Rolfes • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Gómez • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Enke • 13 Ballack • 14 Trochowski • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Odonkor • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Kurányi • 23 Adler • Coach: Löw
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