Paul Stalteri
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | October 18, 1977 | |
| place of birth | Etobicoke , Canada | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| position | Defense / midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1992-1995 | Malton Bullets | |
| 1995-1996 | Clemson University | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1997 | Toronto Lynx | 16 (7) |
| 1997-2005 | Werder Bremen | 151 (6) |
| 2005-2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 (2) |
| 2008 | → Fulham FC (loan) | 13 (0) |
| 2009-2011 | Borussia M'gladbach | 19 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1992-1993 | Canada U-17 | 8 (1) |
| 1996-1997 | Canada U-20 | 9 (0) |
| 1998-2000 | Canada U-23 | 5 (2) |
| 1997-2010 | Canada | 84 (7) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Paul Stalteri (born October 18, 1977 in Etobicoke , now Toronto ) is a former Canadian football player . He was the record player for his country until November 17, 2015. He was team captain in 30 national team games between 2007 and 2010 and is the first Canadian to become German soccer champion . In 2017 he was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame .
family
Paul Stalteri was born in 1978 to a Guyanese mother and an Italian father . Although ice hockey was more popular than soccer in Canada, Stalteri had dedicated himself entirely to soccer because soccer equipment was cheaper.
society
Stalteri was in the service of Werder Bremen since the 1997/98 season ; Until 2000 in the regional league team, then in the national league team. He had previously played in Canada for Toronto Lynx and the Malton Bullets .
The greatest successes of the Canadian national player include the German championship in 2004 and winning the DFB Cup with Werder Bremen in the same year.
After eight years, Stalteri left Werder at the end of the 2004/05 season and moved to the English Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur after 151 Bundesliga games (six goals) . There he was a regular player in his first year and completed 33 league games. Stalteri made his debut on Matchday 1, August 13, 2005, against Portsmouth FC . In the following two seasons he was only used irregularly. During the winter break of the 2007/08 season he was loaned out to league rivals Fulham FC for six months .
On December 21, 2008, Stalteri dissolved the current contract with Tottenham prematurely to move to Borussia Mönchengladbach free of charge . In the 2009/10 season Stalteri was used 19 times, but was no longer used at the end of the season. Under the new coach Lucien Favre , Stalteri was also no longer considered, so he left Borussia at the end of the 2010/11 season. Three departures from Borussia ( Memento from May 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), fohlen-hautnah.de from May 19, 2011 (accessed on May 26, 2011) After almost two years without a club, in which he had to struggle with several injuries , Stalteri ended his active football career in spring 2013.
National team
Stalteri has been a regular member of the Canadian selection teams since the U-17 . In 1993 he was a regular at the U-17 World Cup when the Canadian team were eliminated from three games with 18-0 goals. Four years later he moved into the round of 16 with the Canadian U-20 selection at the 1997 Junior World Cup in Malaysia, where they lost 2-0 to the Spanish youth .
Shortly after this tournament, Stalteri played his first international match in the Canadian senior team against Iran on August 17, 1997 . In the following years he became an integral part of the Canadian national team and celebrated his greatest success with the national team by winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2000 . In 2001 he took part in the Confederations Cup in Japan and South Korea, where a goalless draw against Brazil succeeded in the course of the tournament.
Subsequently, further participation in the CONCACAF Gold Cup was added in 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2009, in 2002 and 2007 the team made it to the semi-finals. He has been captain of the national team since June 2007. On September 7, 2010, he beat Randy Samuel's record with his 83rd international match and was Canada's record international player until the end of 2015. For the Gold Cup 2011 he was not considered. He made his 84th and last international match on October 8, 2010 in a 2-2 draw against Ukraine . On November 17, 2015, Julian de Guzmán beat Stalteri's record with his 85th international match.
successes
- German champion: 2004
- DFB Cup Winner: 2004
- Gold Cup Winner: 2000
- CONCACAF U-19 champions: 1996
- Induction into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame 2017
Web links
- Official website of Paul Stalteri
- Paul Stalteri in the database of weltfussball.de
- Paul Stalteri in the database of kicker.de
- Paul Stalteri at the Canadian Association
Individual evidence
- ↑ cbc.ca: Paul Stalteri, Amy Walsh named to Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (May 25, 2017) , accessed Oct. 6, 2017
- ^ Stalteri goes to a Big League. November 14, 2004, archived from the original on December 27, 2008 ; Retrieved September 26, 2013 .
- ↑ MaxUnknown: Interview: 90 minutes with Paul Stalteri. worum.org blog, April 16, 2013, accessed September 1, 2013 .
- ^ Matthias Arnhold: Paul Stalteri - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . RSSSF . June 23, 2016. Accessed June 27, 2016.
- ↑ Borussia brings Stalteri back to the Bundesliga on December 22, 2008 on borussia.de.
- ^ Stalteri ends career , weser-kurier.de of March 23, 2013.
- ^ Roberto Mamrud: Paul Stalteri - International Appearances . RSSSF . June 23, 2016. Accessed June 27, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stalteri, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Canada |