Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack is a midfielder for the Chelsea FC in the Premier League and for the German national team.http://www.chelseafc.com/page/PlayerProfileDetail/0,,10268~27923,00.html He has been the captain of the national football team of Germany since 2004.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ballack He is considered as one of the best ever football players in history and he was named as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players.

Ballack started his junior career at Chemnitzer FC and was an instant success. He had his professional debut in 1995 and played for football clubs like Chemnitzer FC II, Chemnitzer FC, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich since then. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/PlayerProfileDetail/0,,10268~27923,00.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ballack

Ballack debuted for the national Under 21 team against Denmark on 26 March, 1996. He joined Chelsea FC on a free transfer on 15 May 2006 and from that day onwards he is one of the key players of the club.

Michael Ballack beacme the captain of the German national football team in 2004. He lead his country in the Euro 2008 final but they lost to Spain.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/profile?id=12641&cc=4716 http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=177667/index.html

Ballack is considered as a dangerous header of the ball, a stunning shooter and an accurate passer with either foot.

He was selected as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002 and he won the German Footballer of the Year award three times in 2002, 2003 and 2005 for his excellence in football. He was selected as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players too.http://www.chelseafc.com/page/PlayerProfileDetail/0,,10268~27923,00.html

• German Footballer of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2005

• UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2002

• Confederations Cup 2005 Silver Shoe

• UEFA Euro 2008 Bronze Boot

• Euro 2004 Team of the tournament

• Euro 2008 Team of the tournament

• World Cup 2002 Team of the tournament

• World Cup 2006 Team of the tournament

• FIFA Confederations Cup: Third-place 2005

• UEFA European Football Championship: Runner-up 2008

• FIFA World Cup: Third-place 2006

• FIFA World Cup : Runner-up 2002

• Premier League: Runner-up 2006–07, 2007–08

• FA Cup : Winner : 2007, 2009

• Football League Cup: Winner 2007

• UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 2008

• FA Community Shield: Runner-up 2006

• Selected as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players