Maik Franz
Maik Franz in 2007
Maik Franz ( * August 5, 1981 in Merseburg ) is a German footballer who plays for Hertha BSC II in the Regionalliga Nord.
Career
Club career
Youth
Maik Franz grew up in Long Stone at Halberstadt and began his career as a football player at SV Long stone / resin. From there he moved in 1997 to VfB Germania Halberstadt, before he went to the youth department of the 1st FC Magdeburg in the summer of 1998. With the A - youth of the club, he won the 1999 DFB Junior Club Cup.
Beginnings in Magdeburg and Wolfsburg
Maik Franz played until 2001 in defense of the 1st FC Magdeburg and then moved to VfL Wolfsburg, where he played with the shirt number 33 on the same position in the Bundesliga. Franz distinguished himself there by his strength in the tackle - he won 63 percent of his tackles and was in this respect Wolfsburg's best player. He played 90 Bundesliga games for the VfL , scoring two goals.
Between 1st and 2nd Bundesliga
In July 2006, Franz moved to the then second division club Karlsruher SC. He stood next to the Swiss Eggimann from the start in central defense of the starting eleven and played an important role in the rise of the Karlsruhe team with his Erstligaerfahrung. After a personal and team performance successful start to the Bundesliga season 2007/ 08 Francis extended his contract at KSC ahead to the year 2011. Since the pre-season 2008/ 09 Maik Franz wore the captain's armband at Karlsruher SC and thus replaces the transferred to Hannover Mario Eggimann from.
After Franz had contracted in October 2008, a bone edema in the right heel, non -healing tendon end of January 2009 the shares had to be surgically removed him why he turned out another three months. In April 2009, he celebrated after Substitutes in a home match against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim his comeback.
After the descent of the KSC Franz joined the 2009/10 season at Eintracht Frankfurt. He signed with the Hessians a four-year contract, which was valid only for the first Bundesliga. At the end of the season 2010/11 Franz climbed down as well with the harmony. Since they could not agree on a new contract with validity for the second league, Maik Franz left the harmony after the season.
For the 2011/12 season, Franz moved to Hertha BSC. In December 2011, Maik Franz tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Without a second season after application of this injury Franz rose with Hertha BSC at the end of this season for the third time in his career in the 2nd Bundesliga from.
After he had been employed in the 2013/14 Bundesliga season, not once for Hertha BSC, Maik Franz was transferred on February 6, 2014 in the playing in the Regionalliga West second team of Hertha BSC.
National
On 12 February 2002 Franz against Northern Ireland played his first of a total of 19 U-21 internationals. He participated with the U- 21 team at the U - 21 Championship in Germany in 2004, when he came to his only use in the game against Sweden.
In addition, Franz 2002 played once in the team in 2006.
Play
In the 2007 /08 season Maik Franz was publicly criticized for his style of play. This was too much by over hard use and ongoing provocations of the opposing player. The criticism culminated in February 2008 after the match VfB Stuttgart against Karlsruher SC by Mario Gómez, Maik Franz grossly insulted after the game. The wording revised Mario Gómez in hindsight, but continued his criticism firmly total. As a result, the public criticism as well as support for Maik Franz were (followers of Karlsruher SC christened him "Iron Maik " ) intense. With the end of the relevant reporting, the debate subsided after a few weeks off again. In April 2011, criticized the Bremen Torsten Frings and his coach Thomas Schaaf Francis ' style of play, after it had hit the player Denni Avdic in an aerial duel with an elbow in the face.
Because of his style of play Franz frequently is cautioned with a yellow card - in the 2009/10 season he donated for each of its eleven Yellow Cards 500 euros for a good cause. In the season 2010/11 he received 13 yellow cards in 23 games.
Achievements
- 2007: second-division champion and rise with the Karlsruher SC in the 1st Bundesliga
- Second division champions in the 2012/13 season