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Lars Ricken (born 10 July 1976) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Since 2008, he has been a youth coordinator at Borussia Dortmund.

Lars Ricken

Ricken training with Borussia Dortmund (2006)
Personal information
Full name	Lars Ricken
Date of birth	(1976-07-10) 10 July 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth	Dortmund, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Borussia Dortmund (youth coordinator)
Youth career
1982–1986	TuS Eving-Lindenhorst
1986–1990	Eintracht Dortmund
1990–1993	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2007	Borussia Dortmund	301	(49)
2007–2009	Borussia Dortmund II	39	(8)
Total		340	(57)
National team
1995–1998	Germany U21	17	(8)
1997–2002	Germany	16	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years, being the youngest player to ever appear for the club in an official match, a record later broken by Nuri Şahin.

A German international for five years, Ricken represented the country at the 2002 World Cup and the 1999 Confederations Cup.

Football career

Born in Dortmund, Ricken joined local BV Borussia at an early age, and made his Bundesliga debut on 8 March 1994 in a 1–2 home defeat against VfB Stuttgart, aged not yet 18. From the following season onwards, he became a regular.[1]

Ricken scored a memorable long-distance goal in the final of the 1996–97 edition of the UEFA Champions League against Juventus F.C., which stood as the fastest in a final of the competition by a substitute, finding the net after just 16 seconds on the field.[2][3] He also contributed with 8 goals in 47 matches in the team's back-to-back national titles (1994–96).

In the following years, Ricken's success was hampered by a series of injuries. He gained his first cap for Germany on 10 September 1997,[4] in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Armenia, but missed that major international tournament as well as UEFA Euro 2000. Later, he restored his form, helping Dortmund to claim the league title in 2002 by scoring a career-best six goals and being selected by national coach Rudi Völler for the squad at that year's World Cup; he did not play in the competition, however, as Germany emerged runners-up.

Ricken's injury woes returned after the World Cup and, as a consequence, he failed to earn recognition at both European or international level. In early April 2007, he was demoted to the reserve team by manager Thomas Doll, due to substandard performance.[5]

In November 2007, Ricken announced his retirement from football. In an attempt to return to football, he briefly attended a training camp in February 2008 with the Columbus Crew of the Major League Soccer, but returned to Germany and Dortmund after a few days.

On 11 June 2008, Borussia Dortmund sport director Michael Zorc, also a former club footballer, announced that Ricken was to be hired as youth coordinator with immediate effect, while still appearing for the amateur side in Regionalliga West. However, on 16 February 2009, he announced his retirement from professional football.[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Borussia Dortmund	1993–94	Bundesliga	5	1	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	1	—		7	2
	1994–95	Bundesliga	21	2	0	0	—		7[lower-alpha 1]	1	—		28	3
	1995–96	Bundesliga	26	6	3	1	—		7[lower-alpha 2]	2	—		36	9
	1996–97	Bundesliga	23	2	1	0	—		9[lower-alpha 2]	4	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	34	6
	1997–98	Bundesliga	25	2	2	3	2	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	36	5
	1998–99	Bundesliga	28	5	2	0	—		—		—		30	5
	1999–2000	Bundesliga	29	4	1	0	2	0	11[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		43	4
	2000–01	Bundesliga	29	6	3	1	—		—		—		32	7
	2001–02	Bundesliga	28	6	1	0	2	0	15[lower-alpha 5]	4	—		46	10
	2002–03	Bundesliga	24	4	1	0	1	1	11[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		37	5
	2003–04	Bundesliga	23	2	2	0	2	0	5[lower-alpha 5]	2	—		32	4
	2004–05	Bundesliga	17	5	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 6]	0	—		20	5
	2005–06	Bundesliga	10	4	1	0	—		—		—		11	4
	2006–07	Bundesliga	13	0	1	0	—		—		—		14	0
	Total		301	49	19	5	8	1	74	14	3	0	405	69
Borussia Dortmund II	2002–03	Regionalliga Nord	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	2003–04	Regionalliga Nord	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	2004–05	Regionalliga Nord	4	2	—		—		—		—		4	2
	2006–07	Regionalliga Nord	11	5	—		—		—		—		11	5
	2007–08	Regionalliga Nord	19	1	—		—		—		—		19	1
	2008–09	Regionalliga West	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	Total		39	8	—		—		—		—		39	8
Career Total			340	57	19	5	8	1	74	14	3	0	444	77

Honours

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga: 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02
• DFL-Supercup: 1995, 1996
• UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
• Intercontinental Cup: 1997

See also

• List of one-club men

References

External links

• Lars Ricken at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Lars Ricken at National-Football-Teams.com
• Lars Ricken – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Germany stats at Eu-Football
• Lars Ricken at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

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- [en] Lars Ricken

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[es] Lars Ricken

Lars Ricken (Dortmund, 10 de julio de 1976) es un exfutbolista alemán. Se desempeñaba en la posición de centrocampista y jugó toda su carrera en el Borussia Dortmund, club en el que se convirtió en el jugador más joven en debutar oficialmente, hasta que Nuri Sahin batió su récord. También fue internacional con la selección alemana.

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[fr] Lars Ricken

Lars Ricken est un footballeur allemand né le 10 juillet 1976 à Dortmund. Il marque le but décisif de la victoire du Borussia Dortmund en finale de la LDC face à la Juventus en 1997.

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[it] Lars Ricken

Lars Ricken (Dortmund, 10 luglio 1976) è un ex calciatore tedesco, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Риккен, Ларс

Ларс Ри́ккен (нем. Lars Ricken, род. 10 июля 1976 года в Дортмунде, ФРГ) — немецкий футболист, игравший на позиции полузащитника за клуб «Боруссия» из Дортмунда. С 1993 года до 2007 года Риккен отыграл за дортмундский клуб 301 матч в Бундеслиге и забил 49 голов[1]. Является трехкратным чемпионом Германии, победителем Лиги чемпионов УЕФА и обладателем Межконтинентального кубка по футболу в 1997 году.

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