Sebastian Kehl

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Sebastian Kehl
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Kehl with Borussia Dortmund in 2007
Personal information
Full name Sebastian Walter Kehl[1]
Date of birth (1980-02-13) 13 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Fulda, West Germany
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1985–1994 SV Lahrbach
1994–1996 Borussia Fulda
1996–1998 Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Hannover 96 32 (2)
2000–2001 SC Freiburg 40 (4)
2002–2015 Borussia Dortmund 274 (20)
2004–2011 Borussia Dortmund II 7 (1)
Total 353 (27)
International career
1996–1999 Germany U18 19 (3)
1998 Germany U19 1 (0)
1999–2001 Germany U21 11 (0)
2001–2006 Germany 31 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastian Walter Kehl (German pronunciation: [zeˈbasti̯an ˈkʰeːl] ( listen); born 13 February 1980) is a retired German footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He amassed Bundesliga totals of 314 games and 24 goals over the course of 15 seasons, representing in the competition Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund. He won six major titles with the latter club, including three national championships.

A German international for five years, Kehl appeared for the nation in two World Cups – finishing second in the 2002 edition – and Euro 2004.

Club career

Born in Fulda, Hesse, Kehl joined Hannover 96's youth system in 1996 at the age of 15, going on to appear in two 2. Bundesliga seasons with the first team.[2] In the 2000 summer he signed for SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga, making his debut in the competition on 12 August by playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 home win against VfB Stuttgart, and scoring his first goal on 12 December of that year to help to a 2–1 away success over VfL Wolfsburg.

Under legendary manager Volker Finke, Kehl featured mostly as a sweeper, helping the Black Forest club qualify to the UEFA Cup in his first season but suffering relegation in his second. He was no longer part of the squad, however, as he had left in the 2002 January transfer window to Borussia Dortmund, who went on to win the championship with 15 games and one goal from the player; previously, in the 2001 summer, he controversially agreed basic terms with FC Bayern Munich, and even accepted an advanced payment of 1.5 million Deutsche Mark, which was returned in November as Bayern threatened to take legal action.[3]

During his tenure with Dortmund, Kehl was more often then not a starter. He contributed with 12 matches in the 2002–03 edition of the UEFA Champions League to help his team reach the second group phase, and amassed 61 league appearances from 2004 to 2006 in back-to-back seventh-place finishes.

In the first day of the 2006–07 campaign, Kehl injured his left knee in a challenge with Bayern's Hasan Salihamidžić, going on to be sidelined for several months and only recovering fully in the start of 2008–09, when he was made captain by new coach Jürgen Klopp.[4] He eventually relapsed on his condition,[5][6] also losing his importance in the starting XI after the emergence of Sven Bender and Nuri Şahin.[7]

On 27 July 2013, Kehl played the second half of the DFL-Supercup contest against Bayern Munich, replacing Bender in an eventual 4–2 win.[8] In September, he was put out of action for another lengthy period, after injuring his ankle in training.[9]

Kehl in action for Borussia Dortmund in 2013

Kehl began hinting at retirement in March 2014, shortly after having agreed to a one-year extension to his contract.[10] The 35-year-old confirmed it at the end of the 2014–15 season,[11] after having taken part in 21 games to help Borussia come from behind in the table and finally qualify to the Europa League.[12]

International career

Kehl gained the first of his 31 caps for the German national team on 29 May 2001, in a 2–0 friendly win against Slovakia in Bremen where he came on for Marko Rehmer after 45 minutes.[13] He scored his first goal on 15 August of that year, helping to a 5–2 triumph in Hungary in another exhibition game.[14]

Selected for both the 2002 and the 2006 World Cups, Kehl played once (against Paraguay) in the former tournament as the Mannschaft finished in second position, and started in two of his four appearances to help to the third place in the latter.[15]

Statistics

Club

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Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal[nb 1] Continental[nb 2] Total
1998–99 Hannover 96 2. Bundesliga 8 1 1 0 – 9 1
1999–00 24 1 2 0 – 26 1
2000–01 SC Freiburg Bundesliga 25 2 2 2 – 27 4
2001–02 15 2 2 0 5 2 22 4
Borussia Dortmund 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
2002–03 28 0 2 0 12 0 42 0
2003–04 23 1 1 0 6 0 30 1
2004–05 32 4 3 0 – 35 4
2005–06 29 1 1 0 – 30 1
2006–07 6 0 0 0 – 6 0
2007–08 14 3 5 0 – 19 3
2008–09 28 5 2 0 2 1 32 6
2009–10 6 1 0 0 – 6 1
2010–11 6 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
2011–12 27 3 6 1 5 0 38 4
2012–13 20 0 3 0 9 0 32 0
2013–14 17 1 4 0 5 1 26 2
2014–15 21 0 7 1 4 0 32 1
Career total 343 26 42 4 50 4 437 34
  1. ↑ Includes DFL-Supercup
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International

Germany
Year Apps Goals
2001 3 1
2002 11 1
2003 7 1
2004 3 0
2005 0 0
2006 7 0
Total 31 3

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 15 August 2001 Ferenc Puskás, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 0–2 2–5 Friendly
2. 9 May 2002 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany  Kuwait 5–0 7–0 Friendly
3. 30 April 2003 Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany  Serbia and Montenegro 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund[18]

Country

Germany[18]

References

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External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Borussia Dortmund captain
2008–2014		 Succeeded by
Mats Hummels
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