Sebastian Deisler
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Deisler in 2005
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sebastian Toni Deisler | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Lörrach, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | FV Tumringen | ||
| 1988–1990 | TuS Stetten | ||
| 1990–1995 | FV Lörrach | ||
| 1995–1998 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Hertha BSC | 56 | (9) |
| 2002–2007 | Bayern Munich | 62 | (8) |
| Total | 135 | (18) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Germany U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2006 | Germany | 36 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Sebastian Toni Deisler (German pronunciation: [zeˈbasti̯an ˈdaɪslɐ]; born 5 January 1980) is a former professional football player and a former international player for Germany. During his career, Deisler was employed as right winger and attacking midfielder.
Having been hailed as the future of German football at the turn of the millennium, Deisler's career proved a disappointment as the midfielder never managed to reach his full potential due to several cruciate ligament ruptures and other major injuries, as well as depression. Deisler retired from professional football in January 2007 at the age of 27.
Deisler joined his first club, FV Turmringen, when he was only six. At age 15, he was scouted and signed by the Bundesliga outfit Borussia Mönchengladbach and played for the club at junior level from 1995 to 1998. He started his professional career at the club in 1998, making his Bundesliga debut against Eintracht Frankfurt on 8 September. During the 1998–99 season he made 17 Bundesliga appearances and scoring one goal, in a 2–0 win over 1860 München. However the Foals finished in last place and were relegated to the second division.
As Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated at the end of the season, Deisler moved on to Hertha BSC for 4.5m DM. The Berlin club offered a participation in the 1999–2000 Champions League. Although only 19 at his arrival and handicapped by a cruciate ligament rupture in 1999, Deisler established himself in the Hertha BSC midfield and was about to become Dariusz Wosz's replacement as the central figure in Hertha's offence when he tore a synovial membrane in his right knee in October 2001 and missed the rest of the season.
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