Michael Ballack
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Michael Ballack | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Görlitz, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Chelsea | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983-1995 | Chemnitzer FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995-1997 1997-1999 1999-2002 2002-2006 2006- |
Chemnitzer FC Kaiserslautern Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Chelsea |
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| National team | |||
| 1999- | Germany | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Michael Ballack (born 26 September 1976 in Görlitz, Germany) is a German football player and is the current captain of the Germany national team. He currently plays for Chelsea, an English club.
Ballack started his career in a small club in Eastern Germany. He later turned to several German clubs, including Bayern Munich. In 2006/07 he arrived England to join the big club, Chelsea.
Ballack has attended the World Cup Twice in 2002 and 2006, but has not won it with the Germany national football team. He is considered as one of the strongest midfield players of the world. Also he is regarded as the current talent on German national team, and very few German football players achieve this.
Club career statistics [change]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Premiere Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1995/96 | Chemnitzer FC | 2. Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 1996/97 | Regionalliga | 34 | 10 | - | - | 34 | 10 | |||||
| 1997/98 | Kaiserslautern | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1998/99 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |||
| 1999/00 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 25 | 5 | |
| 2000/01 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 1 | 34 | 8 | |||
| 2001/02 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 1 | - | 15 | 7 | 48 | 25 | |||
| 2002/03 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | - | 7 | 1 | 38 | 15 | |
| 2003/04 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | 8 | 0 | 39 | 9 | |||
| 2004/05 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 3 | - | 9 | 2 | 40 | 18 | |||
| 2005/06 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 37 | 16 | |||
| England | League | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2006/07 | Chelsea | Premier League | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 8 |
| 2007/08 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 9 | ||
| 2008/09 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 46 | 4 | ||
| 2009/10 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 5 | ||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Premiere Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2010/11 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Country | Germany | 282 | 85 | 27 | 11 | 57 | 14 | 366 | 110 | |||
| England | 105 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 163 | 26 | ||
| Total | 387 | 102 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 91 | 18 | 510 | 136 | ||
72.184.184.49 (talk) 00:21, 7 December 2011 (UTC)Ý==International career statistics== [1] [2]
| Germany national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 6 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8 |
| 2005 | 11 | 7 |
| 2006 | 14 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 4 |
| 2009 | 8 | 3 |
| 2010 | ||
| Total | 97 | 42 |
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