Sebastian Kehl

Sebastian Kehl

Kehl with Borussia Dortmund in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Sebastian Walter Kehl
Date of birth	13 February 1980 (1980-02-13)
Place of birth	Fulda, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2000	Hannover 96	32	(2)
2000–2001	SC Freiburg	40	(4)
2002–	Borussia Dortmund II	7	(1)
2001–	Borussia Dortmund	199	(18)
National team‡
2001–2006	Germany	31	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:48, 26 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Sebastian Walter Kehl (born 13 February 1980) is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Borussia Dortmund. He is naturally left footed and has also occasionally appeared at left back. He is well known for his tackling as well as his passing.

He is the current captain of Dortmund; he first wore the captain's armband in a 2–1 German Supercup victory over Bayern Munich.

Personal life

Kehl and his wife, Tina, have two children Luis, born on 26 September 2006 and Leni, born on 19 October 2009.

Career

Born in Fulda, Kehl joined Borussia Dortmund in 2001 and has made 127 appearances. Kehl is undoubtedly a key player for the club, but he has faced many injury problems over his career; he made only 20 league appearances for the first team over the past two seasons.

He made his international debut against Slovakia on 29 May 2001 and has made a total of 31 appearances for Germany. Kehl won the runner-up in 2002 World Cup and the third place in 2006 World Cup.

Dortmund won the 2010–11 Bundesliga title under his captaincy.

Career statistics

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 August 2001	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	0–2	2–5	Friendly
2	9 May 2002	Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany	Kuwait	5–0	7–0	Friendly
3	30 April 2003	Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany	Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Club performance

As of 19 March 2011 (2011 -03-19)

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1998–99	Hannover 96	2. Bundesliga	8	1	1	0	-	-	9	1
1999–00			24	1	2	0	-	-	26	1
2000–01	SC Freiburg	Bundesliga	25	2	2	2	-	-	27	4
2001–02			15	2	2	0	5	2	22	4
	Borussia Dortmund		15	1	0	0	0	0	15	1
2002–03			28	0	2	0	12	0	42	0
2003–04			23	1	1	0	6	0	30	1
2004–05			32	4	3	0	-	-	35	4
2005–06			29	1	1	0	-	-	30	1
2006–07			6	0	0	0	-	-	6	0
2007–08			14	3	5	0	-	-	19	3
2008–09			28	5	2	0	2	1	32	6
2009–10			6	1	0	0	-	-	6	1
2010–11			6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
Career total			259	22	22	2	27	3	308	27

Honours

National Team

• World Cup runner-up 2002, bronze medalist 2006
• Confederations Cup bronze medalist 2005

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga champion 2001–02, 2010–11
• DFB-Pokal finalist 2007–08
• DFB-Ligapokal finalist 2003

External links

• Personal website (German)
• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)