Hans Sarpei
Hans Adu Sarpei ( born June 28, 1976 in Tema ) is a retired German - Ghanaian football player who was first but used mostly as a midfielder, at the end of his sporting career as a full-back. Today he works as a social media consultant.
Life
Sarpeis parents lived in the early 1970s in Hamburg; According to their own statements, therefore, be derived for Ghanaian relations atypical first name Hans. He was born in Tema and has lived in Germany since the age of three. He grew up in Cologne Choir hamlets and graduated at Bayer trained as a plant mechanic.
His brother Edward Sarpei was also a professional footballer at the 1 FC Cologne.
Career
In his youth he played for SV Fühlingen choral hamlet, CfB Ford Niehl and SC Viktoria Cologne, and later with Winfriedia Mülheim, SV Siegburg 04 and VfL Rhine river.
As an amateur of Fortuna Köln he succeeded in 1998, the leap into the professional squad (2nd Bundesliga). In 2000 he moved to MSV Duisburg, and from 2001 he played for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. In the summer of 2007 changed Sarpei free transfer to Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen before moving on to FC Schalke 04 moved in the summer of 2010, where he signed a two -year contract. After Sarpei came at the beginning of the season regular missions, he had to often with a place on the bench or stand satisfied. In the meantime, he was suspended due to lack of training mission of coach Felix Magath and had to train with the second team. Only after the coaching change, he was brought back by Ralf Rangnick in the first team. Although he completed only nine league games for Schalke, but was always involved in crucial games. So he stood in 2011 in the semifinals ( against Bayern Munich) and the final ( against MSV Duisburg) of the DFB Cup in the initial lineup. He also contributed significantly to the good performance Schalke in the Champions League, where he among other things, was used in the second round against FC Valencia and in the quarter finals against the defending champion Inter Milan. Sarpei was adopted at the end of the season 2011/12 for the Gelsenkirchen, after which he ended his playing career.
He was Ghanaian national team. His first international match he graduated on October 8, 2000 at Ghana's 4-1 win over Zimbabwe. He participated in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as a regular player.
Achievements
- DFB Cup Winner 2011
- DFL - Supercup Winner 2011
Others
After his move to Schalke in the season 2010 /11, inspired by the Chuck Norris Facts, ironic cult developed mainly on facebook about his person. It is through this awareness in social networks since end of August 2012 worked for Karstadt sports as a mentor to their social media presences. He also works as a columnist for the online platform of the sports channel Euro Sport. As of November 2013, a trainer's license (B- license) aiming at the sports school in Edenkoben Hans Sarpei, which is currently (June 2013), the TV channel Tele 5 with its own show called Hans Sarpei - the T stands for Coach as a TV presenter and coach an amateur football team to be seen weekly.
In the 2012 released album Ek to the Roots of Eko Fresh Hans Sarpei affects the title like this with.