Steve Cherundolo

Steven Cherundolo (2011)

Steven "Steve" Emil Cherundolo ( born February 19, 1979 in Rockford, Illinois ) is a former American football player and current coach. During his time as a player, he played for 15 years as a right-back at Hannover 96 and took the national team of the United States participated in three World Cups.

Career as a player

Club career

Career start in the U.S.

Steven Cherundolo grew up in Rancho Penasquitos, a suburb of San Diego and attended the Mt Carmel High School ( MCHS ). His footballing career began at the club La Jolla Nomads club, where he was a regular player.

As Cherundolo the University of Portland visited, he played from 1997 to 1998 for the team of the University. Even then, his potential was discovered, because in his first season, he was elected to the West Coast Conference for " Freshman of the Year". In January 1999, the right-back by former football second division club Hannover 96 has been committed for 250,000 DM.

Hannover 96

For Hannover 96, he first completed 68 second division games and got into the 2001/ 02 season in the Bundesliga on. His first goal he scored in his second year Bundesliga against Borussia Mönchengladbach head, although he scored with his height of 1.72 m to the smaller players in the Bundesliga. He was since the rise in 2001/ 02 among all Hanoverian coaches (Ralf Rangnick, Ewald Lienen, Peter Neururer, Dieter Hecking, Andreas Bergmann and Mirko Slomka ) regular players and one of the favorites of the public 96er. This is particularly illustrated by the "U S A! U S A! "Calls, inter alia, in his entry into the team's formation.

In May 2007, he extended his contract with Hannover 96 until early 2010, in July 2010 for a further two years until 2012 with an option for a further year if he denies half of the games in the season 2011 /2012. On 23 game against Borussia Dortmund, his contract extended so as a season until 2013. Steve Cherundolo, together with Christian Schulz, Sérgio da Silva Pinto, Schlaudraff and Karim Haggui the Mannschaftsrat Hannover 96 since the start of season 2010/2011 he is the team captain. On April 20, 2013, he played his 298th Bundesliga match for Hannover 96, sparking Jürgen Bandura as the record holder from.

On March 19, 2014 Cherundolo ended after several knee injuries in the past 15 months of his career.

National

His first international goal he scored in March 2006 in a friendly match against the German national team in Dortmund ( result: 1:4). In November 2007, the defender hit a second time against South Africa.

He stood in the squad of the U.S. for the Football World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea, the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany, where he played in all three group games, and the football World Cup 2010 in South Africa. There, the Americans survived the first round before they lost in the second round Ghana.

Cherundolo is the only player in the service of Hannover 96, who has already participated in three World Cups.

Statistics

In his Bundesliga career Cherundolo played from the start of season 2002 /03 until the end of the season 2012/13 a total of 300 top-flight appearances for Hannover 96, scoring six goals. He thus became the 96 players with the most Bundesliga inserts of all time. On the list of all currently active player with the most Bundesliga appearances Cherundolo finished by the end of the 2011/12 season ranked 4th Of all Americans ever used in the Bundesliga he has the most inserts. He is behind Dede second place in the list of foreigner with the most appearances for a single Bundesliga Bundesliga club.

(As of end of season 2012/13 )

Career as a coach

After his career end Cherundolo was on March 19, 2014 Co - Coach of Sören Easter land on the second team (U -23) of Hannover 96

Private

Cherundolo lives in the northern region of Hannover. He lived for a year along with his friend, Clint Mathis, who came to Hanover in the second half of the season 2003/ 04 96, in a residential community. He often flies in the winter break back in the United States.

Social Commitment

Socially engaged Steven Cherundolo for the association " Children's Heart Hannover eV ," in which he is a founding member and ambassador to the Board. Children's Heart Hannover eV has set itself the goal of promoting research that grows around heart valves.