Christian Nerlinger

Christian Nerlinger

Personal information
Full name	Christian Nerlinger
Date of birth	21 March 1973 (1973-03-21) (age 38)
Place of birth	Dortmund, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1986	TSV Forstenried
1986–1992	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1993	Bayern Munich (A)	75	(18)
1992–1998	Bayern Munich	156	(27)
1998–2001	Borussia Dortmund	59	(2)
2001–2004	Rangers	25	(2)
2004–2006	Kaiserslautern	9	(0)
Total		324	(49)
National team
1992–1996	Germany U21	22	(10)
1998–1999	Germany	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Christian Nerlinger (born 21 March 1973 in Dortmund) is a retired German footballer who played as a central midfielder.

His professional career was mainly associated with Bayern Munich – who he later represented in directorial capacities – and Borussia Dortmund.

Club career

Nerlinger signed for FC Bayern Munich at the age of 13, completing his formation at the Bavarian side.^[1] He was promoted to the first team in 1992, but made no Bundesliga appearances in his debut season.

In the following campaign, Nerlinger's impact, in a midfield which also comprised Jorginho, Lothar Matthäus, Mehmet Scholl and Christian Ziege, was immediate, and he helped the eventual champions by finishing as the second top scorer in the squad with nine goals – a career-best – only behind Scholl and Adolfo Valencia's 11; he made his competition debut on 7 August 1993, in a 3–1 home win against SC Freiburg.

After another four solid seasons, Nerlinger moved to hometown club Borussia Dortmund, where he began suffering with injuries; this situation would be worsened in the following years, as he could hardly get a game at any of his following two clubs, Scotland's Rangers^[2][3] and 1. FC Kaiserslautern (he reunited with former Bayern teammate Carsten Jancker in the latter), forcing to his retirement from the game in December 2005.

After his professional career ended, Nerlinger studied International Business at Munich Business School, being appointed team manager at Bayern Munich. In January 2010, he succeeded Uli Hoeneß as technical manager, upgrading shortly after to general manager of the club.^[4]

International career

Nerlinger was capped six times by Germany, his debut coming on 5 September 1998, in a 1–1 friendly with Romania, in which he scored the equalizer five minutes from time.

He did not attend, however, any major international tournament.

Honours

• Bayern Munich:
  • German League: 1993–94, 1996–97
  • UEFA Cup: 1995–96
  • German Cup: 1997–98
  • German League Cup: 1997

• Rangers:
  • Scottish League: 2002–03
  • Scottish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03

References

1. ^ "Nerlinger, Christian" (in German). Kicker. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/1996-97/bayern-muenchen-14/367/spieler_christian-nerlinger.html. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
2. ^ "Rangers line up Nerlinger". BBC Sport. 19 June 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1397174.stm. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
3. ^ "I don't want a Christian burial; Nerlinger vows to breathe life into his Rangers career". The Free Library. 14 August 2003. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3a+I+DON'T+WANT+A+CHRISTIAN+BURIAL%3b+Nerlinger+vows+to+breathe...-a0106573502. Retrieved 30 March 2011. 
4. ^ "Departments". Bayern Munich. http://www.fcbayern.t-home.de/en/company/company/organe/05184.php?fcb_sid=d914eff89864843d436d7762d6176437. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 

External links

• Christian Nerlinger at fussballdaten.de (German)
• Christian Nerlinger career stats at Soccerbase
• Christian Nerlinger at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Nerlinger, Christian
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Date of birth	21 March 1973
Place of birth	Dortmund, West Germany
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