Markus Pröll
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Markus Pröll | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Rheinbach, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1991 | VfR Flamersheim | ||
| 1993–1995 | Eintracht Lommersum | ||
| 1995–1998 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | 1. FC Köln | 111 | (0) |
| 2003–2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 93 | (0) |
| 2011 | Panionios | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 205 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Germany U-21 | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Markus Pröll (born 28 August 1979) is a German former professional football goalkeeper.[1] During his career, he played for 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany and Panionios F.C. in Greece.
Club career
Pröll was born in Rheinbach. He started his professional career with 1. FC Köln before moving to Frankfurt for the 2003–04 season.
He was elected by the German football magazine kicker as the Bundesliga's best goalkeeper of the first half of the 2006–07 season. Unfortunately he hardly could contend this title as he suffered of many injuries.
Trivia
At the beginning of his career, Pröll became a target of some ridicule because his name "Pröll" literally means something like "lout" in German.
References
- ^ "Pröll hört auf: "Es macht so keinen Sinn mehr"" [Pöll quits: "It doesn't make sense anymore"] (in German). kicker.de. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
External links
- Markus Pröll at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
- Markus Pröll at fussballdaten.de (in German)