Heiko Westermann
Heiko Westermann, 2012
Heiko Westermann ( born August 14, 1983 in Alzenau ) is a German football player who has a contract with Hamburger SV Bundesliga side since the 2010/11 season. It is used mostly as a central defender, but can also play as full-back and defensive midfielder.
Career
Clubs
Beginnings in Fürth and Bielefeld
Westermann began his professional career in 2002 in the 2nd Bundesliga for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. There he soon became the starting player, before joining the 2005/06 season in the Bundesliga Arminia Bielefeld. Due to the injury to Petr Gabriel established himself from the beginning to the regulars. On 9th Round of the 2005/06 season he scored in the home game against Arminia Hertha BSC (3-0) his first Bundesliga goal.
FC Schalke 04 (2007-2010)
July 1, 2007 Westermann moved to FC Schalke 04 he signed a contract there until 30 June 2011. Already at the beginning of the season he played after an injury Mladen Krstajić multiple games at the position of central defender. He then convinced even as a replacement for left-back Christian Pander, including the Champions League match against Chelsea. In the game at Eintracht Frankfurt he scored 8 December 2007 his first two goals for his new club. At the beginning of the season 2008/ 09 he was first called up for his club as a substitute for Rafinha at right-back, before he played a number of good games in the defensive midfield while repeatedly emerged as a scorer, which prompted the coach to him since there leave to play. His first goal in an international match he succeeded on 16 September 2008 at the UEFA Cup match with APOEL Nicosia. In March 2009, Heiko Westermann extended his contract until 30 June 2014. During the season 2009/10 appointed coach Felix Magath Westermann captain of the miners. He held a year until he was discharged for Hamburger SV this office.
Hamburger SV (since 2010)
During the summer break in 2010 Westermann moved to Hamburger SV. He signed a contract until 2015, replacing Jérôme Boateng. The Hanseatic League he wears the jersey with shirt number 4 on 13 August 2010, he was named by coach Armin Veh to the team captain of the HSV and followed David Jarolim after. Matchday 11 of the 2010/11 season he scored in a 2-1 victory in the home match against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with the temporary equalizer his first competitive goal for Hamburg. On April 9, 2013 it teammate Rafael van der Vaart took over from as team captain.
National
His debut for the German national team gave Heiko Westermann on 6 February 2008 in a 3-0 win in the Test match against the selection of Austria in Vienna. He belonged to the squad for Euro 2008 and became Vice-European Champion, but was not used. The first goal of his international career he scored 6 September 2008 in a 6-0 victory in the World Cup qualifier in Vaduz Liechtenstein to the selection.
On 6 May 2010 he was appointed by national coach Joachim Loew in the extended squad for the 2010 World Cup, but declined due to a barge broken leg, which he briefly in a friendly against Hungary (3-0 ) in front of a few weeks before the start of the World Cup the end of the had contracted game, not take part in the finals in South Africa.
After Westermann came a 0-0 draw against Sweden for use on 17 November 2010 and was then still called up in February 2011 for the friendly match against Italy in Dortmund, he was not nominated for one and a half years for the national team. So Westermann not also participated in the European Championships in 2012. On 8 October 2012, he was re-appointed in the DFB team as a replacement for the injured Mats Hummels for the World Cup qualifiers against Ireland and Sweden. However, he was not in any of the games used. His first game for the DFB since November 2010 he made on 30 May 2013, a trip to America, as he stood in a 4-2 victory against Ecuador in the starting lineup. In the next match against the United States, he scored his fourth international goal to intermediate 1:2 in 3:4 defeat.
Achievements
- European vice-champion: 2008 ( without insert)
Private
Since May 2008, Westermann has one daughter; because of their birth, he missed the EM- up match against Belarus. In October 2010, the second daughter was born.