Zoltán Sebescen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zoltán Sebescen | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Ehingen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right-back, Right-winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1994 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1999 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 72 | (7) |
| 1999–2001 | VfL Wolfsburg | 40 | (10) |
| 2001–2004 | Bayer Leverkusen | 32 | (3) |
| Total | 144 | (20) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | Germany B | 3 | (1) |
| 2000 | Germany | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Zoltán Sebescen (Hungarian: Sebestyén Zoltán) (born 1 October 1975 in Ehingen) is a former German football player[1] of Hungarian descent. He is now a football coach.
Club career
He started his career at Stuttgarter Kickers, where he played at a senior level from 1994, in the Regionalliga Süd, and from, in 1996 the 2. Bundesliga. In 1999, he transferred to Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg and then in 2001 to Bayer Leverkusen. With Bayer, Sebescen played in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final, losing to Real Madrid.[2] In 2003, he had to undergo several knee surgeries, due to problems caused by lyme disease. Having not been able to play for years, Sebescen announced his early retirement, aged 29, on 16 August 2005.[3] He had played 72 times in the Bundesliga, scoring 13 times, and 52 times in the 2. Bundesliga, scoring 5 times.
National team
Zoltán Sebescen became the first VfL Wolfsburg player to earn a cap for the German national football team when he played in a friendly against the Netherlands in Amsterdam in February 2000. Being placed in an unaccostumed right-back position, he produced a dismal performance against Dutch winger Boudewijn Zenden and was substituted at half time. He subsequently was not called up again.
Coaching career
Since July 2007, he is working as youth coordinator for his first club Stuttgarter Kickers.
References
- ↑ "Zoltan Sebescen" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ↑ "Sebescen, Zoltan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ↑ "Zoltan Sebescen beendet Karriere" [Zoltan Sebescen ends Career] (in German). rp-online.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.