UNAIDS Policy Position Paper on Intensifying HIV Prevention in 2005

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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, or UNAIDS, is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. UNAIDS seeks to prevent the HIV/AIDS epidemic from becoming a severe pandemic.

UNAIDS has five goals:

1. Leadership and advocacy for effective action on the epidemic;
2. Strategic information and technical support to guide efforts against AIDS worldwide ;
3. Tracking, monitoring and evaluation of the epidemic and of responses to it ;
4. Civil society engagement and the development of strategic partnerships;
5. Mobilization of resources to support an effective response.

UNAIDS is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, where it shares some site facilities with the World Health Organization. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group.^[1] Its first executive director was Peter Piot; Michel Sidibé currently leads UNAIDS.

UNAIDS cosponsors[link]

• www.plwha.org
• The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• World Food Programme (WFP)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Bank

The Cosponsors and the UNAIDS Secretariat comprise the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations, which meets annually.

Role[link]

The aim of UNAIDS is to help mount and support an expanded response to HIV/AIDS, one that engages the efforts of many sectors and partners from government and civil society.

Established in 1994 by a resolution of the UN Economic and Social Council and launched in January 1996, UNAIDS is guided by a Programme Coordinating Board with representatives of 22 governments from all geographic regions, the UNAIDS Cosponsors, and five representatives of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including associations of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Leadership[link]

On 1 January 2009, Michel Sidibé became the new executive director of UNAIDS. He took over from Peter Piot.

UNAIDS has eight global Goodwill Ambassadors who help strengthen awareness of the organisation's work. ^[2] They are: Emmanuel Adebayor, Michael Ballack, Toumani Diabaté, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Annie Lennox, Lebohang Morake, and Naomi Watts.

Partnerships[link]

The United Nations Declaration Commitment on HIV/AIDS provides the guiding framework for UNAIDS action. Promoting partnerships among various stakeholders is reflected within the leadership section of the Declaration of Commitment. In particular, it calls for complementation of government efforts by the full and active participation of civil society, the business community and the private sector through:

• Establishing and strengthening mechanisms that involve civil society including faith-based organizations (FBOs), the private sector, and people living with HIV/AIDS at all levels
• Encouraging and supporting local and national organizations to expand and strengthen regional partnerships, coalitions and networks
• Full participation of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), those in vulnerable groups and people mostly at risk, particularly young people
• Addressing issue of stigma and discrimination.

UNAIDS works to promote partnerships among and between this diverse and broad range of non-state entities. This calls for increases in both the number of new actors, as well as in innovative ways of working, to facilitate increased capacity of non-state entities to respond effectively to the epidemic at all levels.

With the momentum generated by the UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS, the main challenges are to:

• Sustain and deepen involvement of those contributing and critical to the response such as PLWHA organizations
• Move beyond the organizations already involved and reach out to optimally engage a broad range of sectors/actors.

UNAIDS has collaborated with the Roman Catholic Church, especially Caritas Internationalis, in the fight against AIDS, something which materialized in a December 2005 message by Pope Benedict XVI.^[3] However, it indicated in a 2009 communiqué that it did not agree that condoms were unhelpful in AIDS prevention.^[4]

From policy to action[link]

In engaging non-state entities in an expanded response to the epidemic, the UNAIDS Secretariat:

• Fosters and supports global, regional and country level partnerships which include linkages between and among civil society, private sector, philanthropy, media, and with particular attention to organizations of people living with HIV/AIDS
• Supports governments and UN agencies in developing partnerships with non-state entities. This includes support for approaches intended to increase participation, improve connectedness of efforts and strengthen the various participants' capacity for action.

Donors[link]

As the main advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. To fulfil this mandate, UNAIDS is supported by voluntary contributions from governments, foundations, corporations, private groups (for example, students, universities, sporting clubs, etc.) and individuals.

In 2003, more than US$118.5 million was received from 30 governments, philanthropic organizations, individuals from around the world and others. The largest donors were the Netherlands followed by Norway, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Japan. In 2004, 35 governments contributed to UNAIDS.

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See also[link]

United Nations portal

• International Partnership for Microbicides
• Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, (Belgium)

External links[link]

• unaids.org - The UNAIDS Homepage
• UN 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (PDF)
• UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic: Executive Summary (PDF)
• HIV & AIDS Terminology Guidelines
• AIDS.gov - The Federal Domestic AIDS Resource

References[link]

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Michel Sidibé
Born	1952 Mali
Occupation	Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Period	20th century
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Michel Sidibé (born in 1952) is a citizen of Mali. He has been the Executive Director of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations since 1 January 2009.

He is committed to transforming UNAIDS into a results-oriented organization and to supporting countries to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support and to meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

An outspoken advocate with a people-centred approach, he has called for the elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission and for cutting in half by 2015 the number of tuberculosis-related deaths among people living with HIV. He also champions the reform of punitive laws that stigmatize HIV. He has appealed for the removal of travel restrictions for people living with HIV and has demanded their global freedom of movement.

Mr Sidibé’s passion for advancing global health began in his native Mali, where he took up the cause of the nomadic Tuareg people. His tireless efforts to improve their health and welfare evolved into a role as a country director for the international development federation Terre des Hommes. Since those early days, Mr Sidibé has spent more than 25 years in public service.

In 1987, Mr Sidibé joined UNICEF in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). In his 14 years at UNICEF he oversaw programmes across 10 francophone countries in Africa. He also served as a UNICEF country representative in several African countries, including Burundi, Swaziland and Uganda.

Mr Sidibé became the Director of the Country and Regional Support Department of UNAIDS in 2001. In 2007, he was appointed as UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director of Programmes and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. With this new mandate, he led UNAIDS’ contributions to regional and country responses as well as its efforts in global policies, evidence, and monitoring and evaluation.

Mr Sidibé was named one of the 50 personalities of the year from the fields of science, politics, economics and civil society in 2009 by the newspaper Le Monde and in 2007 he was awarded an honorary professorship at Stellenbosch University of South Africa. He is a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France, an Officer of the National Order of Mali and was awarded an Order of Saint-Charles by Monaco. He earned two Post-Master’s Diplomas in Social Planning and Demography as well as in Development and Political Economy from the University of Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand. He holds a Master’s degree in economics.

Mr Sidibé is fluent in English and French. He also speaks several African languages, including Bambara, Mandingo and Dioula. He is married and has four children.

External links[link]

• Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Biography

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Sean O'Brien Strub (b. 1958) is a writer and activist who founded several magazines and websites, including POZ magazine and POZ en Español, (for people impacted by HIV/AIDS), Mamm (for women impacted by breast cancer), Real Health (an African-American health magazine) and Milford Magazine (a regional title distributed in the Delaware River Highlands area of northeast Pennsylvania).^[1]

He is a long-term AIDS survivor ^[2] and has been an outspoken advocate for the self-empowerment movement for people with HIV/AIDS. ^[3] In 2009 he was president of Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications' industry's AIDS response. ^{[4] [5]} In 2010 he helped launch the Positive Justice Project at the Center for HIV Law & Policy and in 2011 founded The SERO Project (www.theseroproject.org), both efforts combating HIV criminalization.

In 1990, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent New York's 22nd congressional district. He was the first openly HIV+^[6][1] candidate for federal office in the U.S. and received 46% of the Democratic primary vote. He was a long-time member of ACT UP New York. Strub produced an off-Broadway play, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, written by and starring David Drake, in 1992. ^[7]

Strub was a pioneer expert in mass-marketed fundraising for LGBT equality. ^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

He is a co-owner of the Hotel Fauchere (www.hotelfauchere.com), a Relais & Chateaux boutique hotel in Milford, Pennsylvania,^[17] where he has been active in a community revitalization effort.^[18]

Strub co-authored Rating America's Corporate Conscience (Addison-Wesley, 1985), a guide to corporate social responsibility, with Steve Lydenberg and Alice Tepper Marlin and Cracking the Corporate Closet (HarperBusiness, 1995) with Daniel B. Baker and Bill Henning.

Miscellaneous[link]

In 1981 Strub got playwright Tennessee Williams to sign the first fundraising letter for the Human Rights Campaign Fund, a then newly-formed political action committee which grew to become the largest organization in the U.S. advocating for LGBT equality. ^[19] In 1989 Strub asked pop artist Keith Haring to create a logo and poster to launch National Coming Out Day, now also a part of the Human Rights Campaign. ^[20] Strub was one of the AIDS activists who put a giant condom over then-US Senator Jesse Helms' suburban Washington home in 1991.^[21]

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} Sean O. Strub, Bio, http://www.poz.com/staffbios.shtml#sean, retrieved 2008-09-02 
2. ^ In a Changing Era, a Reminder of AIDS from the New York Times October 11, 2009
3. ^ What's Wrong With The AIDS Movement from DIRELAND December 1, 2005
4. ^ Rachel Maddow Introduces Sean Strub
5. ^ Fighting AIDS, Peer to Peer from New York Times May 11, 2009
6. ^ Sender, Katherine (2005), Business, not politics, Columbia University Press, p. 255, ISBN 0-231-12734-0 
7. ^ Theatre On Stage and Off from New York Times March 26, 1993
8. ^ Endean, Steve (2006), Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights Into The Mainstream: Twenty Years of Progress, Routledge, p. 241, ISBN 1-56023-526-8 
9. ^ D'Emilio, John (2002), The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics and Culture, Duke University Press, p. 193, ISBN 978-0-8223-2930-5 
10. ^ Vaid, Urvashi (1995), Virtual Equality, Simon&Schuster, p. 226, ISBN 0-385-47298-6 
11. ^ Sherman, Phillip (1994), Uncommon Heroes: A Celebration of Heroes and Role Models for Gay and Lesbian Americans, Fletcher Press, p. 257 
12. ^ Levin, Sue (1998), In The Pink, The Making of Successful Gay and Lesbian-owned Businesses, Routledge, p. 96, ISBN 0-7890-0579-4 
13. ^ Badgett, M.V. Lee (2003), Money, Myths and Change: The Economic Lives of Lesbians and Gay Men, University of Chicago Press, p. 114, ISBN 0-226-03401-1 
14. ^ Bailey, Robert W. (1999), Gay Politics, Urban Politics: Identity and Economics in the Urban Setting, Columbia University Press, p. xii, ISBN 0-231-09663-1 
15. ^ Gluckman, Amy (1997), Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community, and Lesbian and Gay Life, Routledge, p. 12, ISBN 0-415-91379-9 
16. ^ Chasin, Alexandra (2001), Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 268, ISBN 0-312-23926-2 
17. ^ A Village Home for a Man About Town from the New York Times October 21, 2008
18. ^ A Tour of Milford, Pennsylvania from Travel+Leisure March, 2009
19. ^ Clendinen, Dudley (2001), Out For Good, Simon&Schuster, p. 440, ISBN 068481093 
20. ^ Sears, James Thomas (2005), Youth, Education and Sexualities, Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 583, ISBN 0-313-32748-3 
21. ^ Condomizing Jesse Helms from Huffington PostJuly 17, 2008

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Baron Peter Piot
Peter Piot
Born	(1949-02-17) February 17, 1949 (age 63) Leuven, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Alma mater	University of Ghent
Notable awards	Vlerick Award, Flanders-America Award
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Baron Peter Piot, MD, PhD FRCP (born 1949 in Leuven, Belgium) is a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Executive Director of the UN specialized agency UNAIDS, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a professor at Imperial College London. In 2004, he was awarded the Vlerick Award.

After he qualified as a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Ghent (Belgium) in 1974, he co-discovered the Ebola virus in Zaire in 1976. In 1980 Peter Piot received a PhD degree in Microbiology from the University of Antwerp (Belgium). He was also a Senior Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle.

In the 1980s, Dr. Piot participated in a series of collaborative projects in Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Tanzania and Zaire. Project SIDA in Kinshasa, Zaire was the first international project on AIDS in Africa and is widely acknowledged as having provided the foundations of our understanding of HIV infection in Africa. He was a professor of microbiology, and of public health at the Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, in Antwerp, and the Universities of Nairobi, Brussels, and Lausanne.

From 1991 to 1994, Dr. Piot was president of the International AIDS Society. 1992 he became Assistant Director of the World Health Organization's Global Programme on HIV/AIDS. On 12 December 1994, he was appointed Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations. He stepped down from this role in late 2008, at which time he was replaced by Michel Sidibé.

Dr. Piot was ennobled a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium, in 1995. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States and the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, UK. He is fluent in three languages and is the author of 16 books and more than 500 scientific articles. He became the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in September 2010.

Quotes[link]

The latest global AIDS figures give us reason for concern and for some hope. The number of new infections rose to 4.3 million this year, at the same time 2.9 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses. Multi-drug and extremely drug resistant tuberculosis highlight new challenges in our collective response.

—Peter Piot, World AIDS Day 2006 (read more)

On current trends, AIDS will kill tens of millions of people over the next 20 years. But this need not happen. We know prevention works. We know that HIV treatment and care work. The global AIDS response is poised to enter a new era: where leadership and commitment are at long last matched with the resources needed to get on with the job.

—Peter Piot, 2006

It is time to increase funding. Sometimes I hear that there is "too much money for AIDS". Nothing could be further from the truth. Since the creation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, there has been a tremendous increase in resources for AIDS, with the results we know. But the sobering reality is that the AIDS response remains under-funded. Last year, there was an $8 billion shortfall. So if we are going to sustain the gains we have made already and not waste the investments and the results we have, if we are going to get anywhere near universal access to HIV prevention treatment and care, the world will need to significantly increase investments in AIDS.^[1]

References[link]

1. ^ United Nations General Assembly Verbatim Report meeting 102 session 62 page 4, Mr. Piot Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS on 10 June 2008 (retrieved 2008-09-08)

Further reading[link]

• Pattyn S, van der Groen G, Courteille G, Jacob W, Piot P., Isolation of Marburg-like virus from a case of haemorrhagic fever in Zaire, Lancet. 1977 March 12;1(8011):573-4.
• Piot P, Bartos M, Ghys PD, Walker N, Schwartlander B., The global impact of HIV/AIDS, Nature. 2001 April 19;410(6831):968-73.
• Shetty, Priya (June 2008). "Peter Piot". Lancet 371 (9628): 1907. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60820-X. PMID 18539213. 

External links[link]

• Dr. Peter Piot - Biography (UNAIDS.org): English | Français | Español | Русский | Arabic
• Dr. Peter Piot - Latest Speeches
• Dr. Peter Piot - Lancet Journal Article, August 6, 2006 (pdf, 83kb)

Michael Ballack

Ballack captaining Germany in 2009.
Personal information
Full name	Michael Ballack[1]
Date of birth	(1976-09-26) 26 September 1976 (age 35)
Place of birth	Görlitz, East Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bayer Leverkusen
Number	13
Youth career
1983–1995	Chemnitzer FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1997	Chemnitzer FC II	18	(5)
1995–1997	Chemnitzer FC	49	(10)
1997–1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	17	(8)
1997–1999	1. FC Kaiserslautern	46	(4)
1999–2002	Bayer Leverkusen	79	(27)
2002–2006	Bayern Munich	107	(44)
2006–2010	Chelsea	105	(17)
2010–2012	Bayer Leverkusen	35	(2)
National team
1996–1998	Germany U21	19	(7)
1999–2010	Germany	98	(42)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Michael Ballack (born 26 September 1976) is a German professional footballer, who is currently playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.^[3] He is among the top goal scorers in the history of his international team. Ballack has worn the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern. He was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players, and as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He has won the German Footballer of the Year award three times – in 2002, 2003 and 2005. In his prime, Ballack was known for his passing range, scoring ability, ball skills and commanding presence in the midfield.^[4]

Ballack began his career as a youth at Chemnitz, his local team, and made his professional debut in 1995.^[3] Although the team were relegated in his first season, his performances in the Regionalliga the following season led to a transfer to Kaiserslautern in 1997. He won the Bundesliga in his first season at the club; his first major honour. He became a first team regular in 1998–99 season and also earned his first senior national cap for Germany. He moved to Bayer Leverkusen for €4.1 million in 1999. The 2002 season saw him win a slew of runners-up medals: Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga, German Cup, UEFA Champions League and Germany lost to Brazil in the 2002 World Cup Final.

A €12.9 million move to Bayern Munich led to further honours: the team won the Bundesliga and German Cup double in 2003, 2005 and 2006. Ballack had become a prolific goalscorer from midfield, scoring 58 goals for Bayern Munich between 2002 and 2006. He joined Premier League club Chelsea in mid-2006 and won his first English honours, the FA Cup and League Cup, in his first season at the club. Injury ruled out much of 2007 but he returned the following season, helping Chelsea reach their first ever Champions League Final. He also went on to win the FA cup again in 2009 and then once more as part of a league and cup double in 2010.

Internationally, Ballack has played in the European Championships in 2000, 2004 and 2008, and the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006. Jürgen Klinsmann appointed him captain of the national team in 2004. Ballack scored consecutive game-winning goals in the quarter-final and semi-final to help his country to the 2002 World Cup Final, and led his team to the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup and the Euro 2008 Final.

Early life[link]

Michael Ballack was born in Görlitz, a town in the historical region: Upper Lusatia and Silesia, present-day in the Free State of Saxony. He is the only child of Stephan and Karin Ballack, an engineer and a secretary. The family moved to Karl-Marx-Stadt when Ballack was very young and it was there that he started to play football.

Club career[link]

Chemnitzer FC[link]

Michael Ballack's parents sent him to train with the side when he was seven years old. He later moved on to FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (renamed Chemnitzer FC in 1990). His father had played second-division football himself in Germany. Unusual for his early age was Ballack's ability to use both feet with equal authority.

In 1995, Ballack earned his first professional contract, thanks to his performances in the role of central midfielder. He was dubbed the "Little Kaiser", in reference to Franz Beckenbauer, who was nicknamed "Der Kaiser". His professional debut came on 4 August 1995, on the first day of the new 2. Bundesliga season. Chemnitz lost the game 2–1, against VfB Leipzig.^[5]

At the end of the season, during which Ballack made fifteen appearances, Chemnitz were relegated to the multi-tiered, regional third division.^[3] On 26 March 1996, Ballack made his debut for Germany's Under-21 side.

The following season, Ballack became a regular first-team player as Chemnitz missed out on an immediate return to the Bundesliga. He did not miss a game and scored ten goals for the "Sky Blues". It was not enough for Chemnitz to be promoted, but in the summer of 1997, coach Otto Rehhagel of just-promoted 1. FC Kaiserslautern signed Ballack at their return to top flight football.

Kaiserslautern[link]

It was during the seventh game of the 1997–98 season, away to Karlsruhe, that Rehhagel decided to throw Ballack into the Bundesliga for the first time, if only for the final five minutes of the encounter.^[6] On 28 March 1998, Ballack made his first-team debut-start against Bayer Leverkusen.^[7]

Ballack made 16 appearances for his new team during the season as the club became the first-ever newly promoted team to lift the league title. In the following season, Ballack became both a regular (he made 30 appearances, scoring four goals in the league) and one of the side's leading players. Kaiserslautern reached the quarter finals of the Champions League, but were knocked out by Bayern Munich.

On 1 July 1999, Ballack moved to Bayer Leverkusen at the age of 22, for a transfer fee of €4.1 million.

Bayer Leverkusen[link]

It was at Bayer Leverkusen that Ballack made his breakthrough. Coaches Christoph Daum and Klaus Toppmöller granted him an attacking role in the midfield. Ballack was instrumental to the success of Leverkusen, scoring 27 goals in the league^[3] and nine in Europe over the course of his three seasons at the BayArena.

In 2000, Bayer Leverkusen needed only a draw against minnows Unterhaching to win the title, but an own goal by Ballack helped send the team to a crushing 0–2 defeat,^[8] while Bayern Munich clinched the title with a 3–1 victory over Werder Bremen.^[9] 2002 was a season of disappointment for Bayer Leverkusen. In the German Bundesliga, the team surrendered a five point lead at the top of the table over the last three games of the season to finish second behind Borussia Dortmund, lost the UEFA Champions League final 2–1 to Real Madrid, and lost the German Cup final 4–2 to Schalke 04. These three runner-up finishes were dubbed a "Treble Horror". And Bayer Leverkusen was dubbed "Bayer Neverkusen" in English, the German nickname became Vizekusen.

Ballack and Leverkusen teammates Bernd Schneider, Carsten Ramelow, and Oliver Neuville were even beaten finalists with Germany in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, although Ballack was suspended for the final itself. Ballack finished with 17 league goals, and his performance over the season led to him being voted into the UEFA.com users' Team of 2002 as well being named German Footballer of the Year.

Bayern Munich[link]

Ballack playing for Bayern Munich in 2006.

In spite of Real Madrid's interest, Ballack decided to sign with Bayern Munich in a €12.9 million deal in 2002 after his impressive performances in the World Cup. Bayern won the Bundesliga in his first season with 75 points, they also won the German Cup. In his second season however, Bayern lost their Bundesliga crown to Werder Bremen along with the cup.

In his third season with the Bavarians, Ballack enjoyed success in the 2004–05 season as Bayern Munich completed another double. New coach Felix Magath stated he was the only automatic starter in their midfield.^[10] In four seasons at Bayern, Ballack won three Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal doubles and scored 47 goals in 135 matches. Between 1998 and 2005, Ballack notched up 61 goals in his domestic league.^[3]

However, Ballack's critics noted his frequent "choking" in important Champions League matches. This resulted in open public criticism from club general manager Uli Hoeneß, communications director Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and club president Franz Beckenbauer, all former Bayern players. Beckenbauer later went as far as to accuse Ballack of "saving his strength" for prospective employers after Ballack turned in an average performance in the 2006 DFB Cup final against Eintracht Frankfurt.^[11]

Chelsea FC[link]

Ballack with Chelsea in 2008.

Ballack agreed to join Chelsea on a free transfer on 15 May 2006.^[12] During his last season as a Bayern player there were rumours of interest from Manchester United, Real Madrid, Internazionale and A.C. Milan,^[13] but Ballack instead chose to go to Stamford Bridge. Shortly after arriving at Chelsea, Ballack stated that he hoped to end his career at Chelsea.^[14]

Ballack's debut for Chelsea came on 31 July 2006, during a practice match at UCLA's intramural football pitch. Chelsea presented him to the media the following day where the club also gave him his favoured number 13 shirt, worn throughout his career. Upon doing so, William Gallas, who previously wore the number 13 shirt for Chelsea, was given the number 3 shirt. This move created animosity between Gallas and the club as Gallas felt that he was underappreciated.^[15] On 27 August 2006, Ballack earned his English League debut for Chelsea against Blackburn Rovers, and made his UEFA Champions League debut for Chelsea against Werder Bremen on 12 September 2006.

Ballack scored his first goal for Chelsea in the later match against Werder Bremen. He received his first straight red card of his career in Chelsea's 1–0 win over Liverpool on 17 September 2006, after being judged to have stamped on Mohamed Sissoko's leg.^[16] Ballack scored his first goal in the English League on 21 October 2006 against Portsmouth at home with a header. His first FA Cup goal came in the 109th minute in a match against Blackburn Rovers on 15 April 2007. This goal resulted in Chelsea progressing into the FA Cup final. He scored eight goals in all competitions for the club in the 2006–07 season, including a free-kick against Everton at Goodison Park, as well as a half-volley against F.C. Porto which sent Chelsea through to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. Throughout his first season at Chelsea, Ballack was criticised for his lethargic performances – for playing as though he had "a huge cigar in his mouth".^[17]

On 29 April 2007, Chelsea released a statement on their official website, informing fans that Ballack had undergone ankle surgery in Munich.^[18] As a result of the surgery, Ballack did not play in the FA Cup Final against Manchester United, which Chelsea won 1–0 through Didier Drogba's extra time goal. This was Ballack's second trophy this season, his first being the League Cup, the final of which he started.

Ballack playing against Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite persistent rumours in the summer 2007 transfer window,^[19][20] Ballack denied that he wanted to leave^[21] and no such move materialised. Chelsea left Ballack out of their Champions League squad for the 2007–08 group stage as they realised that his injury would prevent him from playing any useful part and preferred to select the fully fit Steve Sidwell. The German international had an ankle operation in the summer and Chelsea could not take the risk of him not regaining full fitness before the end of the Group Stage. Thus, Ballack could not play in the Champions League before the knockout stages began in February.^[22] The club was only able to select 23 out of a possible 25 players for their Champions League squad due to the new UEFA regulations on 'association-trained players' and 'club-trained players'. Due to this regulation, Chelsea were also unable to select young player Scott Sinclair and could only pick 23 players as their only 'club-trained player' was John Terry. For this reason, it was deemed unwise to gamble on Ballack being fit at some point.^[23]

Ballack was absent for eight months with an ankle injury, during which he feared that his football career might be in danger of ending as he was getting older. He made his return to the side in Chelsea's 2–0 League Cup win over Liverpool on 19 December 2007. Ballack tallied an assist late in the game to striker Andriy Shevchenko. On 26 December 2007, Ballack made his league return in a thrilling game against Aston Villa which ended 4–4. He came on for Frank Lampard in the 26th minute after the latter had picked up a thigh injury. In first-half stoppage time, he won a penalty after being brought down in the box by Zat Knight, which Andriy Shevchenko converted. In the 88th minute, with the score tied at 3–3, Ballack stepped up to take a free-kick, which he buried into the bottom left corner of the goal, but the match ended in a 4–4 draw.

Ballack captained the Chelsea team in the absence of captain John Terry and vice captain Frank Lampard in a 2–1 win over Newcastle United on 29 December 2007. Ballack then played his 50th game in a Chelsea shirt in a 2–1 win against Fulham in which he scored the winning goal for Chelsea. He also scored the only goal that won the match for Chelsea against Reading to extend the blues' winning streak to a record of nine. And, on 5 March 2007, he scored again, this time against Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 in a 3–0 win. He scored the winning goal in the 2–0 win in the 2nd leg of the Quarter-Finals against Fenerbahçe, a victory that secured Chelsea a place in the Semi-Finals.

Ballack continued to score vital goals and, on 26 April 2008, he scored a header and a penalty to give Chelsea a 2–1 win over Manchester United. He was named Man of The Match for his performance. It brought the two teams level in the race for the Premier League title only two matchdays before the end of the season.

The season ended on a low note for Ballack as Chelsea finished runners up in the League Cup, Premier League and UEFA Champions League. This completed another treble horror for Ballack and his club. On 29 June 2008, Germany, captained by Ballack, lost to Spain 1–0 in the final of the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. This became the second season in Ballack's career that he was runner-up for four major trophies.

Michael Ballack in action against Fulham in 2009.

The 2008–09 season started well for Ballack, he set up Joe Cole to score the first goal in a 4–0 win over Portsmouth in the first game of the season. Ballack was injured shortly after missing the games against Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. Ballack's return from injury has been a lift for Chelsea as he set up Deco to score a scissor kick in a 2–0 win against Bolton Wanderers. Ballack's first goal of the '09 season came against Southend United in their FA Cup replay, a match which Chelsea went on to win 4–1. Ballack's first Premier League goal of the '09 Season came on 11 April 2009 in a match against Bolton Wanderers, ending 4–3 for Chelsea. He came on as a second half substitute as Chelsea won the 2009 FA Cup Final. On 2 June 2009, Ballack signed a one-year contract extension with Chelsea.^[24]

In Chelsea's second game of the season, away at Sunderland, Ballack scored his first goal of the 2009–10 campaign in their 3–1 win. Ballack also scored against Burnley in a 3–0 win. Ballack made his first Champions league appearance for the season against Portuguese side Porto. On 20 September 2009, he scored his third league goal, against Tottenham Hotspur. On 17 January 2010, he scored his fourth league goal and third assist in a 7–2 win against Sunderland. In Chelsea's fifth round FA Cup tie against Cardiff City, Ballack scored the goal which put the Blues back in front and they comfortably saw the Bluebirds home 4–1 in the end. He was sent off in Chelsea's 4–2 defeat against Manchester City on 27 February 2010.^[25] Chelsea went on to win the 2009–10 Premier League, Ballack's first league title in England.^[26] He also started as Chelsea were victorious in the 2010 FA Cup Final, however he would come off injured shortly before half time after a tackle by Kevin Prince Boateng. The injury later meant that Ballack was not able to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Ballack on the ground with the knee injury in the 2010 FA Cup Final that eventually ruled him out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after a tackle from Kevin-Prince Boateng (23).

On 9 June 2010, it was announced that Ballack, along with team-mates Joe Cole and Juliano Belletti, would leave Chelsea on a free transfer after his contract was not renewed.^[27]

Bayer Leverkusen[link]

On 25 June 2010, Michael Ballack signed a two year contract with Bayer Leverkusen.^[28] On 19 August 2010, he scored the first goal for Leverkusen in a 3–0 win against Tavria Simferopol in the Europa League qualifiers. On 6 October 2010, it was announced that Michael Ballack would not play again in 2010 at the club or international level due to a shin injury sustained 11 September 2010 in a Bundesliga match against Hannover 96. Ballack came on for Simon Rolfes on 20 February 2011 against VfB Stuttgart, Leverkusen won the match 4–2. Ballack scored his second Europa League goal against Metalist, Leverkusen won 2–0, with 6–0 on aggregate moving on to the last 16.^[29] Ballack played the full 90 minutes against Schalke assisting Eren Derdiyok to score, Leverkusen went on to win 2–0.^[30]

International career[link]

Ballack converting a penalty for Germany at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in a match against Australia

On 26 March 1996, Ballack debuted for the national U21 team against Denmark, shortly after signing for Chemnitz. In all, he played 19 matches for this side, scoring four goals. Then, following his move to Kaiserslautern, national coach Berti Vogts called him up to the senior team.

Ballack's first appearance, however, did not come until 28 April 1999, when he came on as a substitute for Dietmar Hamann in a match against Scotland.^[31]

Ballack only played 63 minutes at UEFA Euro 2000. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he scored in matches against the United States and South Korea during the knockout rounds as Germany reached the final. However, he was booked for a tactical foul during the semi-final match against South Korea and was suspended for the final, which Germany went on to lose 2–0 to Brazil. He was included in the World Cup All Star Team.

Following UEFA Euro 2004, Jürgen Klinsmann replaced Rudi Völler at the helm of the national team and Ballack took over from Oliver Kahn as captain.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was unable to start in Germany's first game against Costa Rica due to a calf strain, but appeared in the following five matches. Germany was eliminated in the semi-finals, but they managed to clinch 3rd place in a match against Portugal. He was named Man of the Match in the games against Ecuador and Argentina,^[32] and was included in FIFA's World Cup All Star Team for a second consecutive time. After the tournmanent, Klinsmann stood down as national team head coach and was succeeded by assistant Joachim Löw.

On 6 February 2008, Ballack played his first match since returning from injury in a 3–0 friendly win over Austria.

Ballack started and captained Germany's first game of the Euro 2008 championship against Poland.^[33] He proved to be an influential figure in the midfield as Germany came back from a shock defeat to Croatia to make it to the final, scoring a free kick against Austria to secure Germany a 1–0 win and a place in the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, he scored a controversial header against Portugal to make the score 3–1 in their 3–2 win after an assist by Bastian Schweinsteiger's 60th minute free kick, helping Germany to advance to the semi-finals. Germany went on to beat Turkey 3–2 in the semifinals. Prior to the final, Ballack sustained a calf injury but eventually overcame it in time. However, Germany ended up losing 1–0 to Spain. Nevertheless, he was named in the Team of the Tournament.

Since June 2005, Germany has never lost a game when Ballack has scored. He scored 4 goals in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. However, he missed the 2010 FIFA World Cup following a foul by Kevin-Prince Boateng in the FA Cup Final that caused an ankle injury. Boateng is a former Germany U21 player and half-brother of current German international Jérôme Boateng. Kevin-Prince Boateng went on to play for Ghana against the German team in the World Cup group stages.^[34] Ballack did travel to South Africa to provide moral support for the national team but he departed after Philipp Lahm, who was appointed team skipper due to Ballack's injury, commented after the quarter-finals that he would not relinquish the captaincy back to Ballack. Team manager Oliver Bierhoff criticized Lahm's comments and clarified the situation saying "Philipp Lahm is the World Cup captain and Michael Ballack is still the captain".^[35] Germany had played strongly in the tournament despite Ballack's absence, including a 4–1 win over England and a 4–0 win over Argentina enroute to finishing third, thanks to emerging midfield talents such as Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil and Thomas Müller.^[36]

It has been reported that Germany coach Joachim Löw was waiting for Ballack to retire from international football after the 2010 World Cup, however Ballack refused to give up despite a rash on injuries suffered in 2010–11.^[37] On 16 June 2011, it was announced that Ballack will no longer be a part of the national team. The DFB offered him two friendlies to reach 100 matches for Germany, which he refused, accusing Löw of disrespecting him ever since his injury dating back to March 2010 and calling the invitation to compete in another two games for Germany a "farce".^[38][39]

Personal life[link]

On 14 July 2008, Ballack married his longtime girlfriend Simone Lambe.^[40] The couple have three children together – Louis (born 2001), Emilio (born 2002) and Jordi (born 2005).^[41]

Statistics[link]

Club[link]

As of 14 May 2012.^[3][42]

International statistics[link]

National team statistics[link]

International goals[link]

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Ballack – goals for Germany[3]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 March 2001	Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece	2–1	4–2	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualifying
2.	2 June 2001	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–2	2–2	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualifying
3.	6 June 2001	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	Albania	2–0	2–0	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualifying
4.	10 November 2001	Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–1	1–1	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualifying
5.	14 November 2001	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Ukraine	1–0	4–1	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualifying
6.	14 November 2001	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Ukraine	4–0	4–1	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualifying
7.	1 June 2002	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan	Saudi Arabia	3–0	8–0	FIFA World Cup 2002
8.	21 June 2002	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	United States	1–0	1–0	FIFA World Cup 2002
9.	25 June 2002	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	1–0	FIFA World Cup 2002
10.	21 August 2002	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1–1	2–2	Friendly match
11.	7 September 2002	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania	Lithuania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
12.	16 October 2002	AWD Arena, Hannover, Germany	Faroe Islands	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
13.	10 September 2003	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Scotland	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
14.	11 October 2003	AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Iceland	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
15.	31 March 2004	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	Belgium	3–0	3–0	Friendly match
16.	27 May 2004	Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany	Malta	1–0	7–0	Friendly match
17.	27 May 2004	Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany	Malta	2–0	7–0	Friendly match
18.	27 May 2004	Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany	Malta	5–0	7–0	Friendly match
19.	27 May 2004	Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany	Malta	6–0	7–0	Friendly match
20.	23 June 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Czech Republic	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2004
21.	16 December 2004	International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	Japan	2–0	3–0	Friendly match
22.	19 December 2004	Busan Asiad Stadium, Busan, South Korea	South Korea	1–1	1–3	Friendly match
23.	4 June 2005	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	2–1	4–1	Friendly match
24.	4 June 2005	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	3–1	4–1	Friendly match
25.	15 June 2005	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany	Australia	3–2	4–3	FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
26.	18 June 2005	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	Tunisia	1–0	3–0	FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
27.	25 June 2005	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Brazil	2–2	2–3	FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
28.	29 June 2005	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	Mexico	4–3	4–3 (a.e.t.)	FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
29.	17 August 2005	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–1	2–2	Friendly match
30.	22 March 2006	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany	United States	4–0	4–1	Friendly match
31.	2 June 2006	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Colombia	1–0	3–0	Friendly match
32.	6 September 2006	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	4–0	13–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
33.	7 October 2006	Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany	Georgia	2–0	2–0	Friendly match
34.	11 October 2006	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
35.	15 November 2006	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
36.	31 May 2008	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Serbia	2–1	2–1	Friendly match
37.	16 June 2008	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008
38.	19 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Portugal	3–1	3–2	UEFA Euro 2008
39.	11 October 2008	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany	Russia	2–0	2–1	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
40.	28 March 2009	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	Liechtenstein	1–0	4–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
41.	1 April 2009	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1–0	2–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
42.	9 September 2009	AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany	Azerbaijan	1–0	4–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying

Honours[link]

Individual[link]

• UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year (1): 2002
• German Footballer of the Year (3): 2002, 2003, 2005
• FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament (2): 2002, 2006
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament (2): 2004, 2008
• FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Shoe Winner: 2005
• FIFA 100
• Bayer Leverkusen Squad of the Century^[43][44]
• Goal of the year 2008 in Germany^[44]

References[link]

External links[link]

Profile on Chelsea F.C. website Official website (German) (English) Michael Ballack career stats at Soccerbase

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michael Ballack ESPN Profile Michael Ballack at fussballdaten.de (German)

Germany Squads v t e Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Lehmann 2 Wörns 3 Heinrich 4 Linke 5 Doğan 6 Maul 7 Scholl 8 Wosz 9 Marschall 10 Matthäus 11 Preetz 12 Enke 13 Neuville 14 Baumann 15 Ballack 16 Schneider 17 Gerber 18 Ricken 19 Heldt 20 Rink Coach: Ribbeck v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Kahn 2 Babbel 3 Rehmer 4 Linke 5 Bode 6 Nowotny 7 Scholl 8 Häßler 9 Kirsten 10 Matthäus 11 Rink 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Hamann 15 Wosz 16 Jeremies 17 Ziege 18 Deisler 19 Jancker 20 Bierhoff (c) 21 Ramelow 22 Butt Coach: Ribbeck v t e Germany squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Kahn (c) 2 Linke 3 Rehmer 4 Baumann 5 Ramelow 6 Ziege 7 Neuville 8 Hamann 9 Jancker 10 Ricken 11 Klose 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Asamoah 15 Kehl 16 Jeremies 17 Bode 18 Böhme 19 Schneider 20 Bierhoff 21 Metzelder 22 Frings 23 Butt Coach: Völler v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Kahn (c) 2 Hinkel 3 Friedrich 4 Wörns 5 Nowotny 6 Baumann 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Hamann 9 Bobic 10 Kurányi 11 Klose 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Brdarić 15 Kehl 16 Jeremies 17 Ziege 18 Ernst 19 Schneider 20 Podolski 21 Lahm 22 Frings 23 Hildebrand Coach: Völler v t e Germany squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place 1 Kahn (c) 2 Hinkel 3 Friedrich 4 Huth 5 Owomoyela 6 Engelhardt 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Frings 9 Hanke 10 Deisler 11 Brdarić 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Asamoah 15 Ernst 16 Hitzlsperger 17 Mertesacker 18 Borowski 19 Schneider 20 Podolski 21 Schulz 22 Kurányi 23 Hildebrand Coach: Klinsmann v t e Germany squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Lehmann 2 Jansen 3 Friedrich 4 Huth 5 Kehl 6 Nowotny 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Frings 9 Hanke 10 Neuville 11 Klose 12 Kahn 13 Ballack (c) 14 Asamoah 15 Hitzlsperger 16 Lahm 17 Mertesacker 18 Borowski 19 Schneider 20 Podolski 21 Metzelder 22 Odonkor 23 Hildebrand Coach: Klinsmann v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Runners-up 1 Lehmann 2 Jansen 3 Friedrich 4 Fritz 5 Westermann 6 Rolfes 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Frings 9 Gómez 10 Neuville 11 Klose 12 Enke 13 Ballack (c) 14 Trochowski 15 Hitzlsperger 16 Lahm 17 Mertesacker 18 Borowski 19 Odonkor 20 Podolski 21 Metzelder 22 Kurányi 23 Adler Coach: Löw