Alexander Esswein

Alexander Esswein
Personal information
Full name Alexander Esswein
Date of birth (1990-03-25) 25 March 1990
Place of birth Worms, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 11
Youth career
1996–1998 TSV Neuleiningen
1998–1999 VfR Frankenthal
1999–2002 SV Waldhof Mannheim
2002–2008 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2008 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1 (0)
2008–2010 VfL Wolfsburg II 41 (4)
2008–2010 VfL Wolfsburg 8 (0)
2010–2011 Dynamo Dresden 31 (17)
2011–2014 1. FC Nürnberg 58 (6)
2014– FC Augsburg 49 (3)
National team‡
2006–2007 Germany U17 12 (3)
2007–2009 Germany U18 7 (3)
2008–2009 Germany U19 7 (2)
2009–2011 Germany U20 3 (3)
2011–2013 Germany U21 13 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 May 2013

Alexander Esswein (born 25 March 1990) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga.

Career

Club career

Esswein made his debut in the 2007–08 season. He appeared in a league match during the season.[1] He came on in the 63rd minute in a 2–1 loss to 1. FC Köln on 17 December 2007.[2] He then transferred to VfL Wolfsburg and split time between the first and second teams. He made four league appearances during the 2008–09 season[3] and four league appearances and a German Cup appearance in the 2009–10 season.[4] He substantially made more appearances for the reserve team. During the 2008–09 season, he made 21 appearances,[3] and during the 2009–10 season, he scored four goals in 20 appearances.[4] Esswein moved to Dynamo Dresden for the 2010–11 season.[5] During the season, he scored 17 goals in 31 league appearances.[6] This includes two goals against Bayern's reserve team, in a 3–1 win on 11 November 2010;[7] Wehen Wiesbaden, in a 3–0 win, on 5 March 2011;[8] and against SpVgg Unterhaching, in a 4–0 win, on 23 April 2011.[9] He also made two appearances in the promotion playoff.[6] This proved to be Esswein's only season at the club. He transferred to 1. FC Nürnberg for the 2011–12 season.[10] During the 2011–12 season, he scored four goals in 26 league appearances and a goal in three German Cup appearances.[11] His four league goals came against FC Augsburg, in a 1–0 win, on 27 August 2011;[12] Hertha BSC, in a 2–0 win, on 21 January 2012;[13] Köln, in a 2–1 win, on 18 February 2012;[14] and Werder Bremen, in a 1–0 win, on 25 February 2012.[15] His German Cup goal came in the second round[11] against Erzgebirge Aue in a 2–1 win on 26 October 2011.[16] His goal scoring rate would drop in the subsequent seasons with Nürnberg. He dropped down to three goals in 28 appearances in the 2012–13 season[17] and no goals in five appearances during the 2013–14 season.[18] He also made an appearance in the Regionalliga Bayern for the reserve team during the 2013–14 season.[18] He moved to Augsburg during the January transfer window[19] and made 13 appearances for Augsburg during the 2013–14 season.[18] He scored a goal in 19 appearances during the 2014–15 season.[20] The goal came against Köln on 6 December 2014 in a 2–1 win.[21] Esswein played in the opening match of the 2015–16 season, in a German Cup match against SV Elversberg, a 3–1 extra time win.[22] He then opened his Bundesliga campaign by playing in the first three matchdays,[23] including the 1–0 loss to Hertha BSC in the league opener on 15 August 2015.[24]

National career

Presently Esswein plays for the German U-21 national team.[25] Previously he had already played for the U-17, U-18, U-18, U-19 and U-20 national team. He was part of the German U-17 team that finished in third place in the 2007 U-17 World Cup in South Korea. In this tournament, Esswein scored two goals against Trinidad and Tobago in the group-stage and scored the winning goal in the third place playoff against Ghana two minutes into stoppage time.

Career statistics

As of 5 January 2016.
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kaiserslautern 2007–08 2. Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0 [1]
Wolfsburg 2008–09 Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 [3]
2009–10 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 [4]
Totals 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 —
Wolfsburg II 2008–09 Regionalliga Nord 21 0 — — 21 0 [3]
2009–10 20 4 20 4 [4]
Totals 41 4 41 4 —
Dynamo Dresden 2010–11 3. Liga 31 17 2 0 33 17 [6]
Nürnberg 2011–12 Bundesliga 26 4 3 1 — 29 5 [11]
2012–13 27 2 1 1 28 3 [17]
2013–14 5 0 0 0 5 0 [18]
Totals 58 6 4 2 62 8 —
Nürnberg II 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern 1 0 — 1 0 [18]
Augsburg 2013–14 Bundesliga 13 0 0 0 13 0 [18]
2014–15 19 1 0 0 19 1 [20]
2015–16 17 3 3 1 4 0 24 4 [23]
Totals 49 4 4 1 4 0 57 5 —
Career totals 189 31 8 3 4 0 2 0 203 34 —

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Alexander Esswein" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mohamad schießt Köln ins Glück" (in German). kicker. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Alexander Esswein" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Alexander Esswein" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Esswein will zukünftig für Dynamo treffen" (in German). kicker. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Alexander Esswein" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Esswein legt den Grundstein" (in German). kicker. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Esswein mit wichtigem Doppelpack" (in German). kicker. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Erst Doppelpack Esswein, dann Schahin" (in German). kicker. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Schwarz, J; Sabock, S (18 April 2011). "Esswein glänzt und geht, Herzig fehlt" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 "Alexander Esswein" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Esswein macht den Unterschied" (in German). kicker. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Cohen als Doppel-Retter, Maroh macht alles klar" (in German). kicker. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Pekhart belohnt sich selbst" (in German). kicker. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Werder drückt - Esswein trifft - Der Club nimmt die Punkte mit" (in German). kicker. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Essweins Energieleistung bringt FCN auf Kurs" (in German). kicker. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Alexander Esswein" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alexander Esswein" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  19. ↑ "Augsburg verstärkt sich mit Esswein" (in German). kicker. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  20. 1 2 "Alexander Esswein". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "Esswein sorgt für trübe Stimmung in Köln" (in German). kicker. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Augsburg entgeht der Blamage - dank dreier Joker" (in German). kicker. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  23. 1 2 "Alexander Esswein". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Kalou schießt die Hertha zum Zittersieg" (in German). kicker. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Adrion nominiert Esswein" (in German). kicker.de. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

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