Christoph Metzelder

Christoph Metzelder
Metzelder Christoph.jpg
Personal information
Full name Christoph Metzelder
Date of birth November 5, 1980 (1980-11-05) (age 28)
Place of birth    Haltern, West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Real Madrid
Number 21
Youth clubs
1986–1995
1995–1996
1996–1998		 TuS Haltern
Schalke 04
Preußen Münster
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2000
2000–2007
2007–		 Preußen Münster
Borussia Dortmund
Real Madrid		 032 0(4)
126 0(2)
011 0(0)   
National team2
2000–2001
2001–		 Germany U-21
Germany		 009 0(1)
047 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 August 20, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Christoph Metzelder (born November 5, 1980 in Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a football defender for Real Madrid. Metzelder is also a part of the German national team, with whom he has amassed a total of 47 caps.

In the summer of 2000, Metzelder signed for Borussia, and he was an instant success. He not only won the German championships with BVB in 2002 as a regular first team player, he also reached the 2002 World Cup final with Germany.

On April 18, 2007 it was announced that Metzelder was to sign for Real Madrid at the end of the 2006–2007 season.[1]

Christoph's younger Brother Malte is also a professional football player, who plays in the 2. Bundesliga for Ingolstadt 04.

In February, 2008, Metzelder had to have surgery on the sole of his foot, resulting in him missing nearly two months of action. He missed Madrid's Champions League last-16 tie against Roma. On May 11, Metzelder returned from injury and played the full 90 minutes against Real Zaragoza.

Despite his lack of playing time, he featured in Germany's starting eleven for Euro 2008. His formidable partnership with fellow defender Per Mertesacker of Werder Bremen has formed the backbone of the German defence for the past several years.

Contents

Honours

Club career stats

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season League Cup European Competition Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Real Madrid 2008-09 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007-08 9 0 1 0 3 0 13 0
Total 11 0 1 0 3 0 14 0
Borussia Dortmund 2006-07 19 0 0 - - 19 0
2005-06 23 2 1 0 - - 24 2
2004-05 16 0 0 0 - - 16 0
2003-04 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2002-03 24 0 1 0 10 0 35 0
2001-02 25 0 1 0 11 0 37 0
2000-01 19 0 2 0 - - 21 0
Total 126 2 5 0 21 - 152 2
Career Totals 136 2 6 0 24 0 167 2

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Real set to sign Metzelder". itv-football.co.uk. Retrieved on April 19, 2007.
Real Madrid C.F. – current squad

1 Casillas • 2 Salgado • 3 Pepe • 4 Sergio Ramos • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Diarra • 7 Raúl • 8 Gago • 9 Saviola • 10 Sneijder • 11 Robben • 12 Marcelo • 13 Codina • 14 Guti • 15 Drenthe • 16 Heinze • 17 van Nistelrooy • 18 De la Red • 20 Higuaín • 21 Metzelder • 22 Torres • 23 van der Vaart • 24 Javi García • 25 Dudek • Coach: Juande Ramos
Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Runners-up
1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 A. 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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Germany squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann
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Germany squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Kahn • 2 Linke • 3 Rehmer • 4 Baumann • 5 Ramelow • 6 Ziege • 7 Neuville • 8 Hamann • 9 Jancker • 10 Ricken • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Bode • 18 Böhme • 19 Schneider • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Metzelder • 22 Frings • 23 Butt • Coach: Völler
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