Christoph Preuß

Christoph Preuß (born 4 July 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder.[2]

Christoph Preuß
Personal information
Full name Christoph Preuß
Date of birth (1981-07-04) 4 July 1981
Place of birth Gießen, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Youth career
1986–1997 TSV Großen-Linden
1997–2000 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Eintracht Frankfurt 81 (8)
2002–2003 → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 4 (0)
2004–2005 VfL Bochum 30 (2)
2005–2010 Eintracht Frankfurt 47 (2)
Total 162 (12)
National team
2001[1] Germany U-20 4 (0)
2002–2004[1] Germany U-21 23 (0)
2002–2005[1] Germany Team 2006 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Preuß was born in Gießen, Hesse, and raised in the Hessian town of Linden. He played for local side TSV Großen-Linden, before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2005–06 season.

In the 2006–07 campaign he was injured for almost the whole first half of the season. On 17 March 2007, he secured a 1–0 victory against Bayern Munich with a spectacular bicycle kick goal which earned Preuß the Goal of the Month award and finished second in the Goal of the Year poll. Later, he was plagued with injuries. After coming back from a two-year injury he appeared three times in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt but was injured once again. On 28 January 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

He was an under-17 national and played for all DFB youth teams up to the under-21 team.

References
  1. "Christoph Preuß - Spielerprofil". Deutscher Fußball-Bund (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. "Preuß, Christoph" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 December 2012.


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