 Schulz playing for aBorussia Dortmund veterans team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1961-09-03)3 September 1961 (age 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Witten,[1]West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1972 | TuS Nettlingen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1980 | TuS Sulingen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | TuS Syke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | VfB Oldenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 51 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1994 | Borussia Dortmund | 133 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Werder Bremen | 59 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 243 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | West Germany Olympic | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Germany | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Schulz (born 3 September 1961) is a German former professionalfootballer who played as acentral defender. He played 243 matches in theBundesliga forBorussia Dortmund,Werder Bremen and1. FC Kaiserslautern and scored eight goals.
Schulz was born inWitten. He had the reputation of being one of the hardest defenders in the Bundesliga.[2] He collected 48 yellow and 2 red cards. He was a favourite atBorussia Dortmund andWerder Bremen, his fans regularly chanting "Schuuuuuuuuuulz" whenever he had the ball.[3] Fellow Bremen playerChristian Schulz and fellow Dortmund playerNico Schulz,[3] who bear no relationship to him, were regularly celebrated like this because of him. In Panini's World Championship collector's cards edition 1994 he is described as "an anchor as header, strong in duels, feared for his wide throw-ins. The Charles Bronson type of guy overdoes toughness." Michael Schulz made nearly 250(West) German top-flight appearances.[4]
He played seven times for the Germany national team from 1992 to 1993.[5] He also competed for West Germany at the1988 Summer Olympics.[6]
Schulz works as a player agent at the Hamburg-basedsport management agency Extratime. He's additionally in the field for several German TV channels and since August 2009 also as a field reporter forDeutsche Telekom's football channel Liga total.
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Although Schulz was regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, top titles eluded him. The special sting in his case was that each team he played for was highly successfulafter he was transferred away, leading to speculation he was cursed.[2]
In a 1997 issue of the German football magazinekicker, published when Schulz announced his retirement, he was asked in the columnMal ehrlich (Now, seriously), whether Bremen, now that Schulz was stopping, would finally win something. He answered, "This is a sure-fire tip! I'd bet on it anytime", acknowledging the existence of his jinx.
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