Stefan Effenberg
Stefan " Effe " Effenberg ( born August 2, 1968 in Hamburg- Niendorf ) is a former German football player. Effenberg is considered one of the most talented and controversial footballers of his generation.
- 2.1 national team
- 2.2 By its clubs
Career
Clubs
Effenberg began his club career as a child at SC Victoria Hamburg; then he went for two years as a youth player for Bramfelder SV and then played back at SC Victoria Hamburg in the U21 before he started his Bundesliga career in 1987 with Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 1990, Effenberg Monchengladbach FC Bayern Munich and 1992 from there to Fiorentina. In 1994 he returned to Borussia. After another change in the summer of 1998 to Bayern Effenberg was there equal to the leading player and captain of the team from 1999. With Bayern, he reached the final of the 1999 Champions League, the Bayern still lost in a dramatic finish against Manchester United. A year later they failed only in the semifinals to eventual winners Real Madrid. 2001, the culmination of Effenberg's career should be. The championship is secured at the last second by a draw in Hamburg and a few days later Bayern won the Champions League against Valencia with Effenberg as captain. It was the first title of FC Bayern Munich in this competition since the golden era in the seventies. In the same year we still won the World Cup against the Argentine Boca Juniors.
His Bundesliga career he trailed off in 2002 at VfL Wolfsburg and finished this on April 2, 2003. Finally, he played one year for al -Arabi of Qatar. His final game took place on 22 July 2005 at Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach instead.
With a total of 114 Yellow Cards Effenberg 's record holder in the eternal table of yellow sinners. Effenberg is so far the only player who got a three-digit number of warnings. To this end, he got seven dismissals (four yellow-red, three red). In addition Effenberg was the first player of the Bundesliga history, who saw the second yellow card, namely on 20 August 1991 in the game Bayern Munich vs Schalke 04
National
In the German national Effenberg was from 1991 to 1998 in 35 games actively, scoring 5 hits. When he showed at the World Cup 1994 in the United States after the group match against South Korea in Dallas a few disgruntled German audience the middle finger raised, he was expelled by the then national coach Berti Vogts, after consultation with the DFB president Egidius Braun from the national team. 1998 came after the German team for the fairly unsuccessful World Cup in France still below the long-term the criticized national coach Vogts to a short, but ultimately failed comeback attempt. The international match on 5 September 1998 against Romania was his last game for the national team. In July 2000, the then new national coach Rudi Voeller Effenberg wanted to talk to a renewed comeback, but he refused.
Achievements
National
- European runners-up: 1992
- U.S. Cup: 1993
With its clubs
- World Cup winner: 2001 with FC Bayern Munich
- Champions League: winner 2001
- Finalist in 1999 each with FC Bayern Munich
Awards
- UEFA Player of the year 2001
- Scorer of the month September 1996
- Hall of fame Bayern Munich
- 2005 Bayern fans voted him one of the best midfielders in the club's history.
Activities after football
In 2009, Effenberg in the first edition of the Star blow part and defeated his opponent Oliver.
In May 2011 Effenberg led to the so-called " Initiative Borussia ", which campaigned for an amendment at Borussia Moenchengladbach, the appointment Effenberg to the sports director and the appointment of Horst Koppels for new club boss. For Effenberg initiative voted 335 of the 4769 members present. It would have required a two-thirds majority.
Effenberg 2012 has successfully completed the ten-month teacher training course at the football Hennes Weisweiler Academy and acquired the trainer's license.
Scandals and controversies
From the Football World Cup 1994 (USA) remained unforgotten except Brazil winning the title Stefan Effenberg " middle finger ". He was provoked in a game of German spectators and reacted with the outstretched middle finger. For this gesture, he was excluded from national coach Vogts from the team.
To public attention came in 1996 when Effenberg and his then wife Martina vorfanden on the night of December 1, an intoxicated male subject in the entrance to her former residence in Niederkruechten - Heyen. This is supposed to have, according to Effenberg there does its necessities. Due to a witness statement that Effenberg had insulted the man, and entered upon him, it came in 1997 to a criminal court epilogue on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. The process was, however, discontinued after a short time after the suspicions against Effenberg had not substantiated.
In a Playboy interview in April 2002, Effenberg expressed about the unemployed. Only so that they limp at the end of the month hundred euros more on the account - "Many people live on unemployment benefits obviously so good that they have no desire to get up early in the morning and to hunch up into the evening: he is quoted as saying. " This statement took up the trade union Verdi and imputed Effenberg an insult to the unemployed.
On 19 February 2003 Effenberg to have called on the A2 near Braunschweig a policeman as " asshole ". He himself, however, claims to have " a nice evening ," said. Effenberg was ordered to pay 10,000 euros.
With 111 yellow cards Effenberg is in this category record holder in the Bundesliga.
Memoirs
Effenberg is the author of the book " I've shown all ", a statement with his time as a professional footballer. The deliberately provocative plant got scathing reviews. While some assume that this book (in particular by advertising the Bild-Zeitung ) sold well, the Effenberg - ' memoirs ' in an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung be a flop and as an attempt to " programmatic Selbstentleibung " of the structure - publishing counted.
Private
Effenberg is the son of a bricklayer. After leaving school he learned the trade of services specialist in the post- operation. In early 1990, he married Martina Effenberg, whose daughter Nastassja (* 1986) he adopted. With Martina he has two children (* 1990 and * 1996). In 2002, he was the separation from his wife known to the couple divorced in October 2003.
Effenberg lived for a time in the U.S., but in 2008 moved back to Germany. He's since December 31, 2004, married his second wife, Claudia Effenberg, the former wife of Thomas Strunz. 2014 separated the couple. His sister is Claudia Effenberg, softball player and former coach of the German national softball for women.
On April 13, 2012 it was announced that Effenberg has become the age of 43 for the first time by his adopted daughter grandfather.