Christian Wörns

Christian Wörns

Personal information
Full name	Christian Wörns
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Sweeper

Christian Wörns (born on May 10, 1972 in Mannheim) is a retired German footballer who played as a sweeper. Wörns was widely considered one of the finest German defenders of his generation. And one of the best sweepers of his era.

Career

Wörns lost his virginity to his uncle marty at the tender age of 17 years. 3 months and 30 days for Waldhof Mannheim and was the fourth youngest debutant ever.

The next year, he transferred to Bayer Leverkusen, quickly established himself as a defensive stalwart and anchored the strong Leverkusen defense for nearly a decade, together with Jens Nowotny and Markus Happe.

In 1998, he changed to Paris Saint-Germain FC, but there, he failed to settle and transferred to Borussia Dortmund the next year, where he played until finishing his career in 2008

International career

Wörns represented his country on 66 occasions and did not score.

• Euro 1996: after an injury hit season, Wörns fails to get nominated and misses being on the winning squad.
• World Cup 1998: Considered the best player on the German squad, Wörns plays a stellar tourney until he fouls Davor Šuker in the quarter final match against Croatia to stop a breakaway run on goal. He is sent off and three unanswered goals are scored against Germany after his red card, making him the scapegoat for his country's 0-3 loss.
• World Cup 2002: Wörns injures himself at the last moment, nonetheless Germany reaches the final.
• Euro Cup 2004: Despite his strong performances against Holland and Latvia, he could not prevent Germany from crashing out in the intitial group stage.
• When manager Jürgen Klinsmann announced the 22 players for the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, Wörns was only a backup squad member. This promped an outrageous interview by Wörns. Due to the fact that he verbally attacked Klinsmann during the interview the German Football Association took disciplinary action against Wörns: he was banned from playing as an international. This was similar to what happened to Uli Stein (during the 1986 FIFA World Cup) and Stefan Effenberg (during the 1994 FIFA World Cup).

Career statistics

Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1989–90 |rowspan="2"|Waldhof Mannheim |Bundesliga | 18 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 18 || 0 |- |1990–91 |2. Bundesliga | 24 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 24 || 3 |- |1991–92 |rowspan="7"|Bayer Leverkusen |rowspan="7"|Bundesliga | 38 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 38 || 0 |- |1992–93 | 34 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 34 || 2 |- |1993–94 | 33 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 39 || 7 |- |1994–95 | 19 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 24 || 1 |- |1995–96 | 25 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 25 || 2 |- |1996–97 | 33 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 33 || 1 |- |1997–98 | 29 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 36 || 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1998–99 |Paris Saint-Germain |Ligue 1 | 28 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 29 || 2 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1999–2000 |rowspan="9"|Borussia Dortmund |rowspan="9"|Bundesliga | 26 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 31 || 2 |- |2000–01 | 23 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 23 || 2 |- |2001–02 | 29 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 0 || 44 || 2 |- |2002–03 | 30 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 40 || 0 |- |2003–04 | 31 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 35 || 1 |- |2004–05 | 29 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 29 || 1 |- |2005–06 | 28 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 28 || 3 |- |2006–07 | 24 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 24 || 2 |- |2007–08 | 20 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 1 Template:Football player statistics 328 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 29 || 2 Template:Football player statistics 4 503 || 30 || 0 || 0 || 53 || 1 || 556 || 31 Template:Football player statistics 5531 || 32 || 0 || 0 || 54 || 1 || 585 || 33 |}

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen

• German Cup
  • Winner: 1992–93
• Bundesliga
  • Runners-up: 1996–97

Paris St-Germain FC

• Trophée des champions
  • Winner: 1998
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winner: 1998

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga
  • Winner: 2001–02

German National Football Team

• Euro 1992
  • Runner-up: 1992

External links

• Leverkusen who's who