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Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack (born 26 September 1976 in Görlitz, Germany) was a German football player and is the retired captain of the Germany national team. He last played for Chelsea, an English club.

Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack (Confed-Cup 2005) cropped.jpg
Personal information
Full nameMichael Ballack
Date of birth26 September 1976 (aged 49)
Place of birthGörlitz, East Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1983–1988BSG Motor "Fritz Heckert" Karl-Marx-Stadt
1988–1995Chemnitzer FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997Chemnitzer FC II18(5)
1995–1997Chemnitzer FC49(10)
1997–19981. FC Kaiserslautern II17(8)
1997–19991. FC Kaiserslautern46(4)
1999–2002Bayer Leverkusen79(27)
2002–2006Bayern Munich107(44)
2006–2010Chelsea105(17)
2010–2012Bayer Leverkusen35(2)
Total456(117)
National team
1996–1998Germany U2119(7)
1999–2010Germany98(42)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ballack started his career in a small club in Eastern Germany. He later turned to several German clubs, including Bayern Munich. In 2006–07 he arrived England to join Chelsea.

Ballack attended the World Cup twice, in 2002 and 2006, but did not win it with the Germany national football team. He is considered as one of the strongest midfield players to ever play for the German national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chemnitzer FC II 1994–95[1] Oberliga Nordost Süd 7 2 – – – – 7 2
1995–96[1] Oberliga Nordost Süd 11 3 – – – – 11 3
Total 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5
Chemnitzer FC 1995–96[2][3] 2. Bundesliga 15 0 1 0 – – – 16 0
1996–97[1][4] Regionalliga Nordost 34 10 1 0 – – – 35 10
Total 49 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 10
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1997–98[5] Bundesliga 16 0 2 0 – – – 18 0
1998–99[6] Bundesliga 30 4 2 0 1 0 6[c] 0 – 39 4
Total 46 4 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 57 4
Bayer Leverkusen 1999–2000[7] Bundesliga 23 3 0 0 0 0 2[d] 2 – 25 5
2000–01[8] Bundesliga 27 7 2 0 1 0 5[d] 2 – 35 9
2001–02[9] Bundesliga 29 17 4 0 1 0 16[c] 6 – 50 23
Total 79 27 6 0 2 0 23 10 0 0 110 37
Bayern Munich 2002–03[10] Bundesliga 26 10 5 4 0 0 7[c] 1 – 38 15
2003–04[11] Bundesliga 28 7 3 2 1 2 8[c] 0 – 40 11
2004–05[12] Bundesliga 27 13 4 3 2 2 9[c] 2 – 42 20
2005–06[13] Bundesliga 26 14 5 1 0 0 6[c] 1 – 37 16
Total 107 44 17 10 3 4 30 4 0 0 157 62
Chelsea 2006–07[14] Premier League 26 5 3 1 6 0 10[c] 2 1[e] 0 46 8
2007–08[15] Premier League 18 7 2 0 3 0 7[c] 2 0 0 30 9
2008–09[16] Premier League 29 1 6 3 1 0 10[c] 0 – 46 4
2009–10[17] Premier League 32 4 4 1 2 0 6[c] 0 1[e] 0 45 5
Total 105 17 15 5 12 0 33 4 2 0 167 26
Bayer Leverkusen 2010–11[18] Bundesliga 17 0 0 0 – 3[f] 2 – 20 2
2011–12[19] Bundesliga 18 2 1 0 – 6[c] 1 – 25 3
Total 35 2 1 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 45 5
Career total 439 109 45 15 18 4 101 21 2 0 605 149
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes DFB-Ligapokal, Football League Cup
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 1999 3 0
2000 9 0
2001 9 6
2002 11 6
2003 5 2
2004 13 8
2005 11 7
2006 14 6
2007 2 0
2008 12 4
2009 8 3
2010 1 0
Total 98 42
Scores and results list ' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each goal.
List of international goals scored by
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 28 March 2001 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 2–1 4–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]
2 2 June 2001 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–2 2–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]
3 6 June 2001 Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania  Albania 2–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
4 10 November 2001 Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Ukraine 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [23]
5 14 November 2001 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  Ukraine 1–0 4–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [24]
6 4–0
7 1 June 2002 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan  Saudi Arabia 3–0 8–0 2002 FIFA World Cup [25]
8 21 June 2002 Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea  United States 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup [26]
9 25 June 2002 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea  Korea Republic 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup [27]
10 21 August 2002 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 1–1 2–2 Friendly [28]
11 7 September 2002 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying [29]
12 16 October 2002 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany  Faroe Islands 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying [30]
13 10 September 2003 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  Scotland 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying [31]
14 11 October 2003 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany  Iceland 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying [32]
15 31 March 2004 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3–0 3–0 Friendly [33]
16 27 May 2004 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany  Malta 1–0 7–0 Friendly [34]
17 2–0
18 5–0
19 6–0
20 23 June 2004 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal  Czech Republic 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2004 [35]
21 16 December 2004 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan  Japan 2–0 3–0 Friendly [36]
22 19 December 2004 Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea  Korea Republic 1–1 1–3 Friendly [37]
23 4 June 2005 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 2–1 4–1 Friendly [38]
24 3–1
25 15 June 2005 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany  Australia 3–2 4–3 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup [39]
26 18 June 2005 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany  Tunisia 1–0 3–0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup [40]
27 25 June 2005 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2–2 2–3 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup [41]
28 29 June 2005 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany  Mexico 4–3 4–3 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup [42]
29 17 August 2005 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1–2 2–2 Friendly [43]
30 22 March 2006 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  United States 4–0 4–1 Friendly [44]
31 2 June 2006 Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1–0 3–0 Friendly [45]
32 6 September 2006 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 3–0 13–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [46]
33 7 October 2006 Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany  Georgia 2–0 2–0 Friendly [47]
34 11 October 2006 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Slovakia 2–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [48]
35 15 November 2006 GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [49]
36 31 May 2008 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany  Serbia 2–1 2–1 Friendly [50]
37 16 June 2008 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Austria 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2008 [51]
38 19 June 2008 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland  Portugal 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2008 [52]
39 11 October 2008 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  Russia 2–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [53]
40 28 March 2009 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany  Liechtenstein 1–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [54]
41 1 April 2009 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [55]
42 9 September 2009 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany  Azerbaijan 1–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [56]

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern[57]

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich[57]

Chelsea[57]

Germany[57][61]

Individual

Michael Ballack Media

  • Ballack playing for Bayern Munich in April 2006

  • Ballack with Chelsea in 2008

  • Ballack in action against Fulham in December 2009

  • Ballack on the ground with the ankle injury in the 2010 FA Cup Final that eventually ruled him out of the World Cup after a tackle from Boateng (23)

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

  • Ballack (#13) during the match against Sweden at the 2006 World Cup

  • Michael Ballack

References

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  3. ↑ Chemnitzer FC » Appearances DFB-Pokal 1995/1996WorldFootball.Net. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Chemnitzer FC » Appearances DFB-Pokal 1996/1997WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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  6. ↑ Michael Ballack (in de)Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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  20. ↑ Greece vs. Germany. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  21. ↑ Finland vs. Germany. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  22. ↑ Albania vs. Germany. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  23. ↑ Ukraine vs. Germany. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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  32. ↑ Germany vs. Iceland. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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  41. ↑ Germany vs. Brazil. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  42. ↑ Germany vs. Mexico. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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  52. ↑ Portugal vs. Germany. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  53. ↑ Germany vs. Russia. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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  55. ↑ Wales vs. Germany. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  56. ↑ Germany vs. Azerbaijan. National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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  60. ↑ Stevenson, Jonathan (24 February 2008). Tottenham 2–1 Chelsea. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7256729.stm. Retrieved 25 March 2024. 
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  63. ↑ Bundesliga Historie 2001/02 (in de)kicker.
  64. ↑ Bundesliga Historie 2002/03 (in de)kicker.
  65. ↑ Bundesliga Historie 2004/05 (in de)kicker.
  66. ↑ Bundesliga Historie 2005/06 (in de)kicker.
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