Alexander Esswein

Alexander Esswein 2013 jersey of the 1st FC Nuremberg

Alexander Esswein (born 25 March 1990 in Worms ) is a German footballer who plays for FC Augsburg has a contract in January 2014 and was active for the German U-21 national team.

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Career

Clubs

Youth and 1.FC Kaiserslautern

He spent his childhood in Kleinkarlbach and began with six years at TSV Neuleiningen to play football. He played in the youth E VfR Frankenthal. Even as U-19 player made ​​his debut for the first team Esswein in the 2nd Bundesliga when he on 17 December 2007 (17th Round ) in the 1:2 away defeat against 1 FC Cologne in 63 minutes for Steffen Bohl had been loaded. His first goal in the men's division achieved Esswein in a friendly against Helsingborgs IF during the winter training camp 2008 Gran Canaria.

VfL Wolfsburg

For the season 2008/ 09 Esswein moved to Bundesliga side VfL ​​Wolfsburg, where he was awarded a three -year contract. His debut for VfL he gave on 21 February 2009 ( 21 Matchday), as it coach Felix Magath in a 2-1 home win against Hertha BSC in the 61st minute was in to replace Sergei Karimov. Behind the striking duo Grafite and Edin Džeko and the attackers Caiuby, Mahir Saglik Yoshito Okubo and was Esswein the entire course of the season with only striker number six and thus came mostly in the reserve team for use. Nevertheless, he won after the season their first championship in club history. Even in the subsequent season Esswein could not prevail against the competition by storm and was still used in the second team.

Dynamo Dresden

Due to lack of prospects left Esswein VfL Wolfsburg and signed on 16 August 2010, two-year contract at third division Dynamo Dresden. Here he was able to convince from the beginning and quickly became the top scorer of the team. In September 2010 and in April 2011 Esswein was elected third league player of the month. At the end of the season he even received the award for player of the year the 3rd league. With these continued good performance he soon higher class teams attention.

1 FC Nuremberg

For the 2011/12 season Esswein moved to Bundesliga side 1.FC Nuremberg. Equipped with a dated before 30 June 2014, three-year contract, Esswein debuted on 6 August 2011 ( Matchday 1 ) for the Clubberer when he substitute in the 1-0 win in the away match against Hertha BSC after 71 minutes of play for Christian Eigler been. Three weeks later, he scored his first Bundesliga goal on Matchday 4 at the same time and thus marked the 1-0 final score in the home game against FC Augsburg. He then played a mediocre season so far. Only in the second half he was able to convince three other gates and three assists. However, a medial ligament injury ended his season prematurely the end of March. In the season 2012/13, the Left Wing was indeed initially back in the starting lineup, but he was not in shape. He usually came only as a substitute use or remained entirely on the bench. At the beginning of the season he was not even in the squad twice before he caught himself and showed better performances and the first goals this season. In total, he scored twice in 27 missions.

FC Augsburg

On January 4, 2014 Alexander Esswein moved to FC Augsburg, where he received a contract until 30 June 2017.

National

Alexander Esswein denied a total of 42 caps for the U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 national team, scoring 16 goals. His greatest success at the international level was the third place in the U -17 World Cup 2007 in South Korea. Here he succeeded in including in the 3rd place match against Ghana in injury time of the 2-1 victory, after he was brought on in the 82nd minute.

Achievements

  • Third in the U -17 World Cup 2007
  • German Champion 2009 with VfL Wolfsburg
  • Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga 2011 with the SG Dynamo Dresden

Awards

  • 3 League Player of the Month in September 2010 and April 2011
  • 3 League Player of the Year in the 2010/11 season
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