Zoltán Sebescen

Zoltán Sebescen

Personal information
Full name	Zoltán Sebescen
Date of birth	(1975-10-01) 1 October 1975
Place of birth	Ehingen, West Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, Right-winger
Youth career
1982–1994	Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1999	Stuttgarter Kickers	72	(7)
1999–2001	VfL Wolfsburg	40	(10)
2001–2004	Bayer Leverkusen	32	(3)
Total		144	(20)
International career
1999–2000	Germany B	3	(1)
2000	Germany	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoltán Sebescen (Hungarian: Sebestyén Zoltán) (born 1 October 1975 in Ehingen) is a former German football player of Hungarian descent. He is now a football coach.

Club career

He started his career at Stuttgarter Kickers, where he played at a senior level from 1994, in the Regionalliga Süd, and from, in 1996 the 2. Bundesliga. In 1999, he transferred to Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg and then in 2001 to Bayer Leverkusen. With Bayer, Sebescen played in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final, losing to Real Madrid. In 2003, he had to undergo several knee surgeries, due to problems caused by lyme disease. Having not been able to play for years, Sebescen announced his early retirement, aged 29, on 16 August 2005. He had played 72 times in the Bundesliga, scoring 13 times, and 52 times in the 2. Bundesliga, scoring 5 times.

National team

Zoltán Sebescen became the first VfL Wolfsburg player to earn a cap for the German national football team when he played in a friendly against the Netherlands in Amsterdam in February 2000. Being placed in an unaccostumed right-back position, he produced a dismal performance against Dutch winger Boudewijn Zenden and was substituted at half time. He subsequently was not called up again.

Coaching career

Since July 2007, he is working as youth coordinator for his first club Stuttgarter Kickers.