Michael Ballack, best known for his passing range and powerful shot, is a retired
German footballer who gave football a host of remarkable goals.
The “Little Kaiser” has been an inspiration to millions of soccer fans and players across the globe and #
Fame World salutes the legend with this fantastic documentary. Also take a look at what Steffen Haenisch,
Ballack's Former
Coach;
Torsten Bittermann, Ballack's Former Coach;
Klaus Toppmoller, former football player and the coach of
Georgia national football team;
Uli"" Hoeneß, former president of
German football club
Bayern Munich and a retired German footballer;
Jürgen Klinsmann, Former player, German football manager and currently the head coach of the
United States men's national soccer team;
Frank James Lampard,
English professional footballer playing for
Manchester City;
Andriy Shevchenko, former
Ukrainian footballer as well as
Oliver Rolf Kahn, former German football goalkeeper have to say about Michael Ballack.
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Michael Ballack, born on
26 September 1976, is a retired German footballer. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of the German national team. 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. Ballack was known for his passing range, powerful shot, physical strength and commanding presence in midfield.
Michael Ballack's parents were supportive and aware of his talent. They sent him to train with the side when he was seven years old. He later moved on to
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. 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.
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.He 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. He was included in the
World Cup All Star Team.
Ballack was selected by
Pelé as one of
FIFA's 125
Greatest Living Players, and as the
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in
2002. He won the
German Footballer of the Year award three times – in 2002,
2003 and
2005. Ballack joined the
Premier League club
Chelsea in mid-2006 and won his first English honours, the
FA Cup and
Football 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
UEFA European Football Championship 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.
Ballack married the love of his life
Simone Lambe on 14 July 2008. The couple have three children together -
Louis (born
2001),
Emilio (born 2002) and
Jordi (born 2005). The couple divorced in
2012.
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- published: 01 May 2015
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