Christoph Preuß (born 4 July 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder.[2]
 Preuß in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 July 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Gießen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1997 | TSV Großen-Linden | ||
| 1997–2000 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 81 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | VfL Bochum | 30 | (2) |
| 2005–2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 47 | (2) |
| Total | 162 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001[1] | Germany U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2004[1] | Germany U-21 | 23 | (0) |
| 2002–2005[1] | Germany Team 2006 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editPreuß was born in Gießen, Hesse, and raised in the Hessian town of Linden. He played for local side TSV Großen-Linden, before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2005–06 season.
In the 2006–07 campaign he was injured for almost the whole first half of the season. On 17 March 2007, he secured a 1–0 victory against Bayern Munich with a spectacular bicycle kick goal which earned Preuß the Goal of the Month award and finished second in the Goal of the Year poll. Later, he was plagued with injuries. After coming back from a two-year injury he appeared three times in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt but was injured once again. On 28 January 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.
International career
editHe was an under-17 national and played for all DFB youth teams up to the under-21 team.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Christoph Preuß - Spielerprofil". Deutscher Fußball-Bund (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Preuß, Christoph" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
External links
edit- Christoph Preuß at WorldFootball.net
- Christoph Preuß at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
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