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Jörg Albertz (German pronunciation: [ˈjœʁk ˈʔalbɛʁts];[1] born 29 January 1971) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Between 1996 and 1998, he played three international games for the Germany national team.[2]

Jörg Albertz

Albertz with Shanghai Shenhua in 2003
Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-01-29) 29 January 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth	Mönchengladbach, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1978	PSV Mönchengladbach
1978–1989	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1990	Borussia Mönchengladbach	58	(4)
1990–1993	Fortuna Düsseldorf	58	(4)
1993–1996	Hamburger SV	99	(22)
1996–2001	Rangers	156	(58)
2001–2003	Hamburger SV	28	(6)
2003–2004	Shanghai Shenhua	47	(13)
2004–2005	Greuther Fürth	13	(3)
2005–2007	Fortuna Düsseldorf	51	(7)
2008	Clyde	7	(2)
Total		459	(115)
National team
1996–1998	Germany	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

As both a youth player and apprentice, Albertz played for PSV Mönchengladbach and Borussia Mönchengladbach. His first professional contract was signed in 1990 for Fortuna Düsseldorf. When the team from the Rhineland were relegated to the second tier of the Bundesliga, Albertz moved to Hamburger SV where he soon became the public hero of the team. Two seasons later he became the club captain.

In 1996, Albertz signed for Rangers for £4 million, and he helped them to their ninth Scottish league championship title in a row and scored a famous free-kick against rivals Celtic in January 1997. Albertz became a favourite with the Rangers fans and earned himself the nickname "The Hammer" for his powerful long range shots.[3] After the departure of manager Walter Smith in June 1998, he was frequently left out of the starting line-up by the incoming Dick Advocaat. Despite this, he also won league championship medals in 1999 and 2000.

He returned to Hamburg in 2001. Despite the hype of his return, he was unable to live up to the hopes that people had on his shoulders. Before the beginning of season 2002–03 he transferred to Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.[3] He initially gained success with them when he won the 2003 league title. In 2003 the Chinese Football Association revoked the league title after it was discovered the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to give favourable decisions to Shenhua in games that season.[4][5]

Having had a moderately successful spell in China, Albertz moved back to Germany in 2004, his re-initiation into the German game coming with Greuther Fürth.[6] On the receiving end of many injuries, he switched to Fortuna Düsseldorf once again, where he retired at the end of the 2006–07 season.

On 11 March 2008, Albertz confirmed he was training with Clyde with a view to a short-term move, to help out Clyde manager and former Rangers teammate John Brown.[7] Albertz signed for Clyde on 14 March 2008.[8] He made his debut the following day, scoring a trademark free kick in a 1–1 draw with Stirling Albion.[9] He scored Clyde's winning goal with another free kick in an important 2–1 victory over St Johnstone on 25 March, to lift Clyde out of the relegation play-off zone.[10] After helping Clyde stay in the Scottish First Division via the playoffs, Albertz went into retirement once again, after making eight appearances for the club, scoring twice.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11][12]

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1990–91[13]	Bundesliga	12	1	0	0	—		—		—		12	1
	1991–92[13]	Bundesliga	11	0	0	0	—		—		—		11	0
	1992–93[13]	2. Bundesliga	35	3	2	1	—		—		—		37	4
	Total		58	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	5
Hamburger SV	1993–94[13]	Bundesliga	31	4	3	0	—		—		—		34	4
	1994–95[13]	Bundesliga	34	9	2	0	—		—		—		36	9
	1995–96[13]	Bundesliga	34	9	1	0	—		—		—		35	9
	Total		99	22	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	105	22
Rangers	1996–97	Scottish Premier Division	32	10	3	0	5	3	7	0	—		47	13
	1997–98	Scottish Premier Division	31	10	5	3	1	0	5	2	—		42	15
	1998–99	Scottish Premier League	34	11	5	1	4	3	10	4	—		53	19
	1999–2000	Scottish Premier League	35	17	5	1	1	0	12	2	—		53	20
	2000–01	Scottish Premier League	24	10	1	0	1	1	8	4	—		34	15
	Total		156	58	19	5	12	7	42	12	0	0	229	82
Hamburger SV	2001–02[13]	Bundesliga	24	4	1	0	—		—		—		25	4
	2002–03[13]	Bundesliga	4	2	1	1	—		—		—		5	3
	Total		28	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	7
Shanghai Shenhua	2003	Chinese Jia-A League	27	6			—		—		—		27	6
	2004	Chinese Super League	20	7							—		20	7
	Total		47	13							0	0	47	13
Greuther Fürth	2004–05[13]	2. Bundesliga	13	3	0	0	—		—		—		13	3
Fortuna Düsseldorf	2005–06[13]	Regionalliga	23	3	0	0	—		—		—		23	3
	2006–07[13]	Regionalliga	28	4	0	0	—		—		—		28	4
	Total		51	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	7
Clyde	2007–08[14]	Scottish First Division	7	2					—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	8	2
Career total			459	115	29	7	12	7	42	12	1	0	543	141

Honours

Rangers

• Scottish Premier League: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000
• Scottish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000
• Scottish League Cup: 1996–97, 1998–99

Shanghai Shenhua

• Chinese Jia-A League: 2003 (revoked due to match-fixing scandal)

Individual

• SPL Player of the Month: May 2001
• Chinese Jia-A League Player of the Year: 2003

References

External links

• Jörg Albertz at WorldFootball.net
• Jörg Albertz at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Jörg Albertz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jorg Albertz at Soccerbase

На других языках

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- [en] Jörg Albertz

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[fr] Jörg Albertz

Jörg Albertz est un footballeur allemand né le 29 janvier 1971 à Mönchengladbach. Il évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain. Il fait partie du Rangers FC Hall of Fame.

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[it] Jörg Albertz

Jörg Albertz (Mönchengladbach, 29 gennaio 1971) è un ex calciatore tedesco di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Альберц, Йорг

Йорг А́льберц (нем. Jörg Albertz; род. 29 января 1971 года, Мёнхенгладбах) — немецкий футболист, полузащитник.

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