Christoph Metzelder

What strikes me about Christoph Metzelder is how much he packed in despite the body fighting him the whole way. A towering centre-back at Borussia Dortmund, his career was repeatedly blighted by injuries, yet he still pulled on the Germany shirt 47 times and turned up at two World Cups plus Euro 2008. That tells me a lot about his reliability and big-match temperament. I also notice the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, so he was clearly valued beyond the pitch. For me he reads as the dependable wall every back line wishes it had.

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Name (English)

Christoph Metzelder

Name (Japanese)

クリストフ・メッツェルダー

Reading

くりすとふ・めっつぇるだー

Born

November 5, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height

193 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach / functionary

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
• Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Official sitehttp://www.metzelder.de/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph%20Metzelder
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152984

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• association football player
• association football coach
• functionary

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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