Moritz Volz
Moritz Volz ( born January 21, 1983 in Siegen) is a German footballer who is most often used as a right-back.
Career
Association
In youth Volz played in SpVg Bürbach 09, Sportfreunde Siegen and FC Schalke 04 early age of 16, he left Germany in 1999 to England for the local Premier League club Arsenal FC. In January 2003, Volz was loaned for five months at the Wimbledon FC, in the summer of 2003 he moved to FC Fulham. For Fulham Volz scored in 108 league games, two goals, including the 15,000. Goal since the introduction of the FA Premier League 1992 on 30 December 2006 in the game against Chelsea ( Full 2:2 ).
After five years at FC Fulham Volz should switch to the start of the 2008/09 season for a transfer fee of £ 500,000 to the English second division side Ipswich Town, after he had lost in the 2007/ 08 season his place. However, these previously reported as a completed transfer Volz declined from initially. At the end of the season he moved on loan to Ipswich yet.
In January 2010, Volz of FC Schalke 04 was taken for a trial in the training camp in Chiclana de la Frontera, but coach Felix Magath did not oblige him. For the Bundesliga season 2010/11 Volz moved for two years to FC St. Pauli, and 5 November 2010, he played in the Away encounter with FC Schalke 04 his first nine league games. After a lengthy injury lay-off due to a broken leg Volz graduated for FC St. Pauli in the Second Bundesliga 14 games until the end of the 2011/12 season, but he scored two goals.
For the 2012/13 season he undertook the TSV 1860 Munich free transfer. Volz signed a three -year contract. In the first year in Munich Volz was regularly used initially on the left -back position in the second half mostly at right back.
National
The former Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann nominated him for the international match of the German national football team against Cameroon on 17 November 2004 in Leipzig for the first time in the squad for the national team; Volz, however, did not come into this game used. At the next trip to Asia the national team in December 2004, Volz was not allowed to participate because he did not get released by his club. This was followed by no further nominations.
Remarkable
According Humor critic Hans Mentz Volz is " between all the young and stock stupid Bravo Sports title templates as Poldi or Schweinsteiger a potential successor to the droll Mehmet Scholl '. " In this sense, it also The Guardian attested in its issue of 18 August 2006: "He is a German with a sense of humor. More than that, he is a German football player with a sense of humor. " ( " He is a German with a sense of humor. What's more, he is a German footballer with a sense of humor. " )
In March 2012 he published in Rowohlt paperback publishing his memoirs under the title " Our man in London ."
In June 2012, Moritz Volz took the enthusiastic amateur cook is at the ZDF show The kitchen battle and took part in the first place.
Volz is one of three representatives of the league in 2 gamers council of the players union union of the contract footballers ( VdV ).