Sebastian Polter

Sebastian Polter (* April 1, 1991 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German footballer who is 05 has a contract with Bundesliga 1 FSV Mainz.

Career

Clubs

In his youth Sebastian Polter began as the goalkeeper in district Heidmuhler FC Club in Wilhelmshaven. There he made national attention and was appointed to the selection of the Lower Saxony Football Association ( NFA ) in 2002. At twelve, he moved to his native city to neighboring Wilhelmshaven, where he was discovered by talent scouts of the SV Werder Bremen and has already taken a year later in their own youth. Although he had been invited there in the youth team of the DFB, he aspired to no future as a goalkeeper, but wanted to prove himself as a striker. Since it was not enabled at Werder, he went back to SV Wilhelmshaven, where he got the chance. In the first game he scored all five goals for his team, he scored a total of 60 goals in a year. He was again taken up in the Lower selection, with which he was German champion in 2006, and played for the U- 15 team of the DFB. A year later he played for Eintracht Braunschweig, there was U-16 national team and got the DFB in March 2007, the award for "Talent of the Month".

2007 Polter finally came to VfL Wolfsburg. In the first year he was actually still provided for the B- youth of the year, however, he already got the youngest player on the U -19. With the team he reached the final of the German A Youth Championship, which was lost against SC Freiburg. In the following two years he was then fixed in the U-19, but was already playing regularly in the U -23 in the Regionalliga Nord. For the 2009/10 season Polter received a professional contract until 2012, but without the professional team that had previously become German champions in year to be used. This was due to a broken metatarsal, who had put him out of action long. In the following year, his first year seniors, Polter collected continue in the U -23 match practice. In 25 games he scored eleven goals and approached on the professional team at. His contract was renewed before the season 2011/12 until 30 June 2014.

On December 3, 2011 Polter was then for the first time in the 18 -man squad for a league game. When 2:2 against 1 FSV Mainz 05 he came, however, not used. His Bundesliga debut piles on the following Gameday at the 1:4 defeat against Werder Bremen on 10 December 2011, when he came on after half-time for Hasan Salihamidžić. A week later Polter succeeded in the game against VfB Stuttgart on 17 Matchday his first Bundesliga goal. Already in the game it against 1 FC Cologne he succeeded his second Jokertor, both games were won 1-0. At the next home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach he was in the starting lineup. Thereafter, however, he remained a reserve player and still came to some other, mostly short assignments. Overall, he came in his debut season as a professional twelve times used.

For the 2012/13 season Polter moved for one year on loan at 1.FC Nürnberg to collect regular match practice in the Bundesliga.

During the summer break in 2013 Polter transferred to 1 FSV Mainz 05

National

Polter was discovered early for the national youth teams of the DFB and already played in the U -15 and U- 16th Then it took however until the U-18 national team, until he was appointed again. He scored three goals in six missions. In February 2012, he was in a friendly against Italy, which was lost with 3:4, in which he scored twice, his debut in the German U -20 selection. In August 2012, he debuted in the German U -21 in a 6-1 win against Argentina. With the DFB team, he qualified for the U- 21 Championship 2013.