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

Personal information
Full name	Michael Ballack
Date of birth	(1976-09-26) 26 September 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Görlitz, East Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1988	BSG Motor "Fritz Heckert" Karl-Marx-Stadt
1988–1995	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)
Total		456	(117)
International career
1996–1998	Germany U21	19	(7)
1999–2010	Germany	98	(42)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup Runner-up 2002 Korea/Japan 2006 Germany UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2008 Switzerland/Austria FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup
5. 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	South Korea	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	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	South Korea	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	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	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	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]

• Bundesliga: 1997–98

Bayer Leverkusen

• DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2001–02
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02

Bayern Munich^[57]

• Bundesliga: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
• DFB-Pokal: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2004

Chelsea^[57]

• Premier League: 2009–10^[58]
• FA Cup: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Football League Cup: 2006–07;^[59] runner-up: 2007–08^[60]
• FA Community Shield: 2009
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2007–08

Germany^[57][61]

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2002; third place: 2006
• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008^[57]
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

Individual

• UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2002
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2002
• ESM Team of the Year: 2001–02
• Footballer of the Year (Germany): 2002, 2003, 2005; runner-up 2008^[62]
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06^{[63][64][65][66]}
• kicker Man of the Year (Mann des Jahres): 2002^[67]
• FIFA World Cup All-star team: 2002, 2006
• FIFA XI: 2002^[68]
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2004, 2008
• Bayer Leverkusen Squad of the Century^[69]
• FIFA 100
• FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Shoe Winner: 2005
• Goal of the Year (Germany): 2008^[70]