Christoph Preuß
Encyclopedia
Christoph Preuß is a former German
football
player.
, Hesse
. Raised up in the Hessian town of Linden
.
, nicknamed the Eagles.
Since 2005-2006
Preuß is playing for the Eagles. In the 2006-2007
campaign he had bad luck, being injured for almost the whole first half of the season. On March 17 he secured the 1-0 victory for the Eagles with a spectacular bicycle kick
goal against Bayern Munich which earned Preuß the Goal of the Month award and finished second in the Goal of the Year
poll. Since then he was plagued with injuries for almost all the time. After coming back from a two-year injury he appeared three times in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt but injured once again. On 28 January 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.
youth teams up to the under-21 team
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player.
Early life
Preuß was born in GießenGießen
Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
. Raised up in the Hessian town of Linden
Linden, Hesse
Linden is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 6 km south of Gießen.The town consists of the two parts Großen-Linden and Leihgestern.It is the home of the computer hardware seller Alternate ....
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Career
He played for local TSV Großen-Linden, before moving to Eintracht FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
, nicknamed the Eagles.
Since 2005-2006
Fußball-Bundesliga 2005/06
Fußball-Bundesliga 2005–06 was the 43rd season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league.-Participating Teams:* 1. FC Kaiserslautern* 1. FC Köln* 1...
Preuß is playing for the Eagles. In the 2006-2007
Fußball-Bundesliga 2006/07
Fußball-Bundesliga 2006–07 was the 44th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007...
campaign he had bad luck, being injured for almost the whole first half of the season. On March 17 he secured the 1-0 victory for the Eagles with a spectacular bicycle kick
Bicycle kick
A Bicycle kick or Scissor kick is a physical move made by throwing the body up into the air, making a shearing movement with the legs to get one leg in front of the other without holding on to the ground. The move can either be done backwards or sideways...
goal against Bayern Munich which earned Preuß the Goal of the Month award and finished second in the Goal of the Year
Goal of the Year (Germany)
The Goal of the Year in Germany is, like the Goal of the Month , the Goal of the Decade and Goal of the Century, an individual soccer award selected by spectators of the Sportschau , among spectacular or important soccer goals scored in or for Germany.Klaus Fischer won it three times; his 1977 ...
poll. Since then he was plagued with injuries for almost all the time. After coming back from a two-year injury he appeared three times in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt but injured once again. On 28 January 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.
International career
There he became a U17 national and absolved all DFBGerman Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
youth teams up to the under-21 team
Germany national under-21 football team
The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association , the governing body of football in Germany....
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