Giovane Élber
During the opening of " UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour " 15 September 2010
Élber de Souza ( born July 23, 1972 in Londrina, Brazil ) is a former Brazilian footballer. De Souza is usually called Giovane Élber, which is a variant created in Germany his Italian nickname il Giovane Elber ( " the young Elber ").
- 2.1 club
- 2.2 national team
- 2.3 Awards
Career
Clubs
AC Milan and Grasshoppers Zurich
1990 undertook the AC Milan Giovane Élber of his home club Londrina Esporte Clube from the state of Paraná, for which he was active a year earlier. After a season in Italy, where he only had a single insert in the cup competition, changed Élber to Switzerland initially on loan to the Grasshoppers Zurich, with whom he Swiss Cup winner and scorer of the National League A in 1994.
VfB Stuttgart
For the 1994/95 season he moved to Germany for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, for the three seasons he was actively and Fredi Bobic and Balakov formed the so-called magic triangle. At the end of the club membership, he won the 1997 DFB-Pokal, where he 's 2-0 win over Energie Cottbus scored both goals in the final.
Bayern Munich
From the summer of 1997, followed six seasons at Bayern Munich, the numerous successes - were crowned - including winning the World Cup and the Champions League. In his last season at Bayern, he was in 2003 with 21 goals ( together with Thomas Christiansen from VfL Bochum) scorer. Élber scored in the Bundesliga with 133 goals, including those of 27 February 1999 relating to the lot in Rostock, which turns the corner flag, the goal of the month and was later elected as the goal of the year. He was also until 18 August 2007, the Brazilian football player with the most Bundesliga inserts. Since then Dedê is the new record holder. On August 8, 2006 Élber Giovane received his farewell game for Bayern Munich. The game at the Allianz Arena in front of 69,000 spectators went against TSV 1860 München 0:3 lost.
Olympique Lyon and Borussia Mönchengladbach
With 31 years Élber moved in August 2003 to France for first division club Olympique Lyon, with whom he won the 2004 championship and the Super Cup. Differences with his club were free transfer back to the Bundesliga in January 2005 him. However, for Borussia Mönchengladbach he came through a persistent injury crisis only sporadically used. After repeated public criticism of coach Horst Koeppel and then a penalty imposed by the association in the amount of 10,000 euros, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Giovane Élber separated on 3 December 2005 by mutual agreement.
Belo Horizonte
From January 2, 2006 - since returned to Brazil - he played 32 times for the first division side Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte, for whom he met 16 times and won the title of national champion of Minas Gerais. His last game played Élber on September 24, 2006 compared Fortaleza. On October 18, he announced in a specially convened press conference, the end of his career when he gave reasons for chronic pain in his right ankle on. After the death of his father, he finished on 18 November 2006 and, still valid until the end of 2006 contract with Cruzeiro prematurely.
From September 2007 to September 2010 Élber worked as a scout at his former club Bayern Munich.
National
Giovane Élber was established in 1991 with the Brazilian U -20 team at the Junior World Championships in Portugal vice-champion. Élber wore in the tournament with four goals for the finals at ( Serhiy Scherbakov only scored one goal more), where they lost to the hosts on penalties 2:4. Yet during the period from February 5, 1998 to September 5, 2001, he came for the Seleção, despite great competition with Ronaldo and Rivaldo to 15 inserts, which he crowned with seven gates. In the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1998, in which Brazil finished 3rd, graduated Élber four matches and scored in the match against El Salvador two goals, although he was only a substitute in the 80th minute.
Achievements
Association
- World Cup winner: 2001
- Champions League winner: 2001
- Champions League finalists: 1999
- German champions (4): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
- DFB Cup winners (4): 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003
- League Cup winners (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- French Champion: 2004
- French Supercup: 2004
- National Champion of Minas Gerais: 2006
- Swiss Cup Winners 1994
National
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 3rd place 1998
- U -20 South American champions: 1991
- U -20 runner-up: 1991
Awards
- Best foreign player of the season in Switzerland: 1994
- Scorer in Switzerland: 1994
- Bundesliga top scorer: 2003
- DFB Cup top scorer: 2003
- Goal Scorer of the Year: 1999
- Scorer of the month: February 1999 January 2003
Others
- Élber was until October 23, 2010 133 hits in 260 games the most successful foreign scorer in the Bundesliga history. He was replaced by Claudio Pizarro.
- Élber is supported in his home town of Londrina in 1994 the first chairman of the eponymous " Giovane Elber - Foundation ", an association of street children. For this commitment to him the undoped Speedwell Martin mantle of Saint Michael German was awarded in the fall of 2005.
- From 14 May 2007 to 30 June 2007, it took part in the second season of RTL - dance show Let's Dance. His partner was the reigning German champion of Professionals Standard Isabel Edvardsson, who had already won the previous season. The couple took place at the end of 3
- 2008 Giovane Élber presented the Dinner Show Do Brazil in Munich, which, however, is now set due to high debt burden of the operator.
- Élber now and works as a TV expert, so for example for premiere during the 1998 World Cup and Euro for sport during the 2010 World Cup
- Élber lives with his family in his native Brazil, where it has its own cattle farm.