Heiko Westermann
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Heiko Westermann[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Alzenau, West Germany | ||
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Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Betis | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
1988–1994 | SG Schimborn | ||
1994–1998 | 1. FC Hösbach | ||
1998–2000 | FC Bayern Alzenau | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2003 | Greuther Fürth II | 37 | (1) |
2002–2005 | Greuther Fürth | 83 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Arminia Bielefeld | 67 | (5) |
2007–2010 | Schalke 04 | 92 | (12) |
2010–2015 | Hamburger SV | 143 | (9) |
2015– | Betis | 10 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2003–2004 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Germany U21 | 2 | (0) |
2008– | Germany | 27 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:52, 1 December 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:59, 19 November 2013 (UTC) |
Heiko Westermann (born 14 August 1983) is a German footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Betis as central defender.
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Club career
Greuther Fürth
Westermann began his professional career with 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth. He joined the senior squad in July 2002 but did not make his first appearance until 26 January 2003 in a 1–0 win over MSV Duisburg. He played a total of 92 games in his three seasons with the club, scoring five goals.
Arminia Bielefeld
Following the 2004–05 season, Westermann signed for recently promoted Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld. In his first season he played in every single game for Bielefeld, including 34 league and five DFB-Pokal matches. The following season Westermann remained an integral part of the team, missing only one match.[2]
Schalke 04
He was transferred to Schalke in 2007 for a fee of €2.8 million. He played his first game for Schalke on 24 July in a Ligapokal fixture against 1. FC Nürnberg. Schalke won 4–2 with Westermann contributing one goal. Missing Schalke's first two league games through injury, Westermann made his Bundesliga debut for the club on 26 August 2007. He was substituted on in the 79th minute for Rafinha in a third round match against VfL Wolfsburg. For the remainder of the season, Westermann started all 31 of Schalke's Bundesliga matches. He was also instrumental in Schalke's Champions League campaign, being the only outfield player for the club to play every single minute.[3]
With new coach Fred Rutten taking charge of Schalke for the 2008–09 season, combined with his keen eye for goal, Westermann has often been positioned in midfield. The current season has been Westermann's highest scoring yet. He scored both goals in a 2–0 DFB-Pokal win over Hannover 96. He also scored a goal in three consecutive Bundesliga matches including the equalizing goal in a 1–1 draw against Werder Bremen and a game-winning goal against VfL Bochum.
Hamburg
In July 2010, Westermann agreed to a transfer to Hamburger SV, reportedly in the region of €7.5 million.[4] Despite being a new signing, he was named new captain by then HSV coach Armin Veh.[5] On 9 April 2013, following a run of bad results, including a 9–2 drubbing by Bayern Munich, Rafael van der Vaart was announced as Westermann's successor as the club's captain.[6][7] On 25 June 2015, Hamburg confirmed Westermann's contract would not be renewed for the 2015–16 campaign.[8]
Betis
On 6 August 2015 Westermann signed a two-year deal with Real Betis, newly promoted to La Liga.[9] He received his first ever career red card on 28 November 2015 after his second bookable offence against Levante.[10]
International
On 31 January 2008, Westermann was first called up by Germany's manager Joachim Löw for the friendly on 6 February 2008 at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion against Austria.[11] Germany won the match 3–0 and Westermann was in the starting eleven and played 90 minutes.[12] Westermann was part of the German team that finished in second place at Euro 2008. On 2 June 2009, Westermann scored the first international goal in Germany's 7–2 rout against United Arab Emirates national football team. He was part of Germany's preliminary selection for the World Cup 2010, but had to pull out because of an injury suffered in a friendly against Hungary.[13] He has been capped 27 times by Germany and has scored four goals for them since 2008.
International goals
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 September 2008 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2010 FIFA WCQ |
2. | 2 June 2009 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | 7–2 | Friendly |
3. | 7 September 2010 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 6–1 | Euro 2012 Q |
4. | 2 June 2013 | RFK Stadium, Washington, USA | United States | 1–2 | 3–4 | Friendly |
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
Greuther Fürth | 2002–03 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2003–04 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 38 | 2 | |||
2004–05 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 35 | 3 | |||
Total | 83 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 5 | ||
Arminia Bielefeld | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 34 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 39 | 3 | |
2006–07 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |||
Total | 67 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 6 | ||
Schalke 04 | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 45 | 4 |
2008–09 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 9 | ||
2009–10 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
Total | 92 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 121 | 16 | ||
Hamburger SV | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |
2011–12 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
2012–13 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | |||
2013–14 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |||
2014–15 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
Total | 158 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 11 | ||
Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
Real Betis | 2015–16 | La Liga | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |
Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
Career total | 413 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 464 | 39 |
Honours
National team
- UEFA European Championship Runner-up: 2008
Personal
Westermann's wife is called Irina, they married in June 2007.[15] In May 2008, the couple had their first daughter, Lana.[15] In October 2010, Nikita, their second daughter was born.[16]
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External links
- Official website (German)
- Heiko Westermann profile at Fussballdaten
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | Schalke 04 captain 2009-2010 |
Succeeded by Manuel Neuer |
Preceded by | Hamburg captain 2010-2013 |
Succeeded by Rafael van der Vaart |
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- Living people
- People from Alzenau
- Footballers from Bavaria
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Association football utility players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Hamburger SV players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- La Liga players
- Real Betis players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- German expatriate footballers
- German expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain