 Preuß in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1981-07-04)4 July 1981 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Gießen,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1997 | TSV Großen-Linden | ||
| 1997–2000 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 81 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | →Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | VfL Bochum | 30 | (2) |
| 2005–2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 47 | (2) |
| Total | 162 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001[1] | Germany U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2004[1] | Germany U-21 | 23 | (0) |
| 2002–2005[1] | Germany Team 2006 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christoph Preuß (born 4 July 1981) is a German former professionalfootballer who played as adefender ordefensive midfielder.[2]
Preuß was born inGießen,Hesse, and raised in the Hessian town ofLinden. He played for local sideTSV Großen-Linden, before moving toEintracht Frankfurt in the2005–06 season.
In the2006–07 campaign he was injured for almost the whole first half of the season. On 17 March 2007, he secured a 1–0 victory against Bayern Munich with a spectacularbicycle kick goal which earned Preuß theGoal of the Month award and finished second in theGoal of the Year poll. Later, he was plagued with injuries. After coming back from a two-year injury he appeared three times in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt but was injured once again. On 28 January 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.
He was an under-17 national and played for allDFB youth teams up to theunder-21 team.
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