Waldemar Anton

Waldemar Anton fascinates me as a study in identity crossing borders: born in Uzbekistan, raised into a German international centre-back. That arc alone reads like a novel. Centre-backs rarely get glory, but they need the coolest heads on the pitch, and anchoring Borussia Dortmund's defence demands exactly that composure. I respect players whose value shows up in the goals they prevent rather than the ones they score. Anton strikes me as a craftsman of the unglamorous, the kind of steady presence a serious team is built around. He is easy to underrate and, for me, easy to root for.

Name (English)

Waldemar Anton

Name (Japanese)

ヴァルデマール・アントン

Reading

ゔぁるでまーる・あんとん

Born

July 20, 1996 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

Origin

Olmaliq, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldemar%20Anton
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23559699

Tags

• Tashkent Region
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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