Alexander Esswein

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Alexander Esswein
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Alexander Esswein (2019)
Personnel
birthday March 25, 1990
place of birth Worms ,  Germany
size 183 cm
position Wings , storm
Juniors
Years station
1996-1998 TSV Neuleiningen
1998-1999 VfR Frankenthal
1999-2002 SV Waldhof Mannheim
2002-2008 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1 0(0)
2008-2010 VfL Wolfsburg II 41 0(4)
2008-2010 VfL Wolfsburg 8 0(0)
2010-2011 Dynamo Dresden 31 (17)
2011-2014 1. FC Nuremberg 58 0(6)
2013 1. FC Nuremberg II 1 0(0)
2014-2016 FC Augsburg 61 0(4)
2016-2020 Hertha BSC 52 0(4)
2018-2019 Hertha BSC II 8 0(2)
2019 →  VfB Stuttgart  (loan) 17 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2006-2007 Germany U17 12 0(3)
2007-2009 Germany U18 7 0(3)
2008-2009 Germany U19 7 0(2)
2009-2011 Germany U20 3 0(3)
2011-2013 Germany U21 13 0(5)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

Alexander Esswein (born March 25, 1990 in Worms , Rhineland-Palatinate ) is a German football player . The offensive player was most recently under contract with Hertha BSC and was a multiple German junior national player.

Career

societies

Youth and 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Esswein spent his childhood in Kleinkarlbach and started playing football at TSV Neuleiningen when he was six . He played in the E-Jugend at VfR Frankenthal . Even as U-19 player, he made his debut for the first team of 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the second Bundesliga , on 17 December 2007 (Round 17) in one when he: 2 away defeat against 1. FC Cologne in the 63rd minute of play for Steffen Bohl had been substituted. Esswein scored his first goal in the men's area in the friendly against Helsingborgs IF during the 2008 winter training camp on Gran Canaria .

VfL Wolfsburg

For the 2008/09 season , Esswein moved to Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg , where he received a three-year contract. He made his debut for VfL on February 21, 2009 (21st matchday) when coach Felix Magath came on for Sergej Karimov in the 61st minute in the 2-1 home win against Hertha BSC . Behind the striker duo Grafite and Edin Džeko as well as the attackers Caiuby , Mahir Sağlık and Yoshito Ōkubo , Esswein was only striker number six for the entire season and was mostly used in the reserve team. Nevertheless, after the end of the season he won the first championship title in the club's history. In the following season, Esswein could not prevail against the competition in the storm and was still used in the second team.

Dynamo Dresden

Due to a lack of prospects, Esswein left VfL Wolfsburg and signed a two-year contract with third division club Dynamo Dresden on August 16, 2010 . Here he was able to convince from the start and was the team's top scorer. In September 2010 and April 2011 Esswein was voted 3rd league player of the month . At the end of the season he received the award for Player of the Year in the 3rd division. With his achievements he drew the attention of high-class teams to himself.

1. FC Nuremberg

For the 2011/12 season Esswein moved to the Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg . Equipped with one to 30 June 2014 dated three-year contract debuted Esswein on 6 August 2011 (1st Round) for the FCN as he at 1: 0 victory in the away game against Hertha BSC after 71 minutes for Christian Eigler got substituted . Three weeks later, on matchday four, he scored his first Bundesliga goal to make it 1-0 in the home game against FC Augsburg . Then he played a mediocre first half of the season. Only in the second half of the season he was able to convince with another three goals and three assists. However, an inner ligament injury ended his season prematurely at the end of March. In the 2012/13 season , the left winger was initially back on the starting line-up, but he didn't get in shape. He was usually only used as a substitute or stayed on the bench entirely. At the beginning of the second half of the season he was not in the squad twice before he recovered and showed better performances and the first goals of the season. In total, he scored twice in 27 missions.

FC Augsburg

On January 4, 2014 Esswein moved to FC Augsburg , where he received a contract until June 30, 2017. There he played European games at club level for the first time in his career, when Augsburg was represented in the Europa League in the 2015/16 season .

Hertha BSC

On August 25, 2016 it was announced that Esswein was moving to Hertha BSC , where he received a four-year contract. In the 3: 3 against Eintracht Frankfurt on September 24, 2016, he scored one goal and prepared another. With that he collected his first two scorer points for the capital club.

VfB Stuttgart

On December 22, 2018, VfB Stuttgart announced that the Esswein club had initially signed on loan for the second half of the 2018/19 season and had secured a purchase option for a long-term commitment. He came to 17 Bundesliga games and was used once in the relegation . After relegation to the 2nd division, the purchase option was not drawn and he returned to Hertha BSC.

Return to Berlin

After his return, the offensive player under the head coaches Čović , Klinsmann and Labbadia only made a few short appearances in the Bundesliga, played one half in the DFB Cup and was twice on the field for the full season in the Regionalliga . His contract, which expired in summer 2020, was not extended, which is why Esswein left the club free of charge.

National team

Esswein played for all German national U-teams from the U17 . His greatest success at international level was third place at the 2007 U17 World Cup in South Korea . Among other things, he scored the 2-1 winner in stoppage time in the game for third place against Ghana after being substituted on in the 82nd minute.

The then U21 national coach Rainer Adrion invited Esswein to the U21 national team for the first time on May 18, 2011 . He then made his debut on May 31, 2011 in a 4-2 defeat in the friendly against Portugal in Portimão when he came on for Richard Sukuta-Pasu at the beginning of the second half . With the U21 selection, Esswein qualified for the 2013 European Championship in Israel in November 2012 , after prevailing against Switzerland in the relegation . Esswein played in this age group for the last time on March 24, 2013, when he was in the starting eleven in the 2-1 win against Israel and was replaced by Christian Clemens after 61 minutes .

successes

Awards

Web links

Commons : Alexander Esswein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ U-17 national players ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: DFB.de. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ U-18 national players ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: DFB.de. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ U-19 national players ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: DFB.de. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ U-20 national players ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: DFB.de. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ U-21 national players ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: DFB.de. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  6. ^ VfR Frankenthal. In: Transfermarkt.de. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ VfL Wolfsburg sign Alexander Esswein. (Accessed May 12, 2011).
  8. ↑ Dynamo signs Alexander Esswein. (Accessed August 16, 2010).
  9. ↑ Esswein is Player of the Month for September. (Accessed May 12, 2011).
  10. ↑ Alexander Esswein wins again (accessed on May 13, 2011).
  11. ↑ Esswein is Player of the Year. (Accessed June 17, 2011).
  12. ↑ SG Dynamo Dresden confirms change from Alexander Esswein. (Accessed April 18, 2011).
  13. ↑ 1. FC Nürnberg confirms change from Alexander Esswein. (Accessed April 21, 2011).
  14. ↑ FCA signs Alexander Esswein. In: fcaugsburg.de. January 4, 2014, accessed January 4, 2014 .
  15. ↑ Alexander Esswein comes to VfB VfB Stuttgart December 22, 2018
  16. ↑ Sextet leaves Hertha BSC , herthabsc.de, accessed on June 25, 2020
  17. ↑ Adrion nominates Esswein. In: kicker.de. May 18, 2011, accessed July 23, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Esswein, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany