Alexander Merkel
Alexander Merkel (lahir 22 Februari 1992) adalah seorang pesepakbola profesional Jerman yang bermain sebagai gelandang untuk klub Serie A Milan.
| Informasi pribadi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nama lengkap | Alexander Merkel | ||
| Tanggal lahir | 22 Februari 1992 | ||
| Tempat lahir | Pervomayskiy, Kazakhstan | ||
| Tinggi | 177 m (580 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Posisi bermain | Midfielder | ||
| Informasi klub | |||
| Klub saat ini | Milan | ||
| Nomor | 37 | ||
| Karier junior | |||
| JSG Westerwald | |||
| 2003–2008 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| 2008–2010 | Milan | ||
| Karier senior* | |||
| Tahun | Tim | Tampil | (Gol) |
| 2009–2011 | Milan | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Genoa | 13 | (0) |
| 2012– | Milan | 1 | (0) |
| Tim nasional‡ | |||
| 2007 | Germany U-15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Germany U-16 | 15 | (0) |
| 2008 | Germany U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Germany U-18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010– | Germany U-19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2011– | Germany U-20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Penampilan dan gol di klub senior hanya dihitung dari liga domestik dan akurat per 26 January 2012 ‡ Penampilan dan gol di tim nasional akurat per 26 January 2012 | |||
Karir klub
Awal karir
Lahir di Kazakhstan saat itu Russian dengan orangtua dari German, Merkel pindah ke Jerman bersama mereka 1998, saat umur 6. Di sana dia memulai karir sepakbolanya bersama tim amatir JSG Westerwald, sebelum bergabung ke VfB Stuttgart saat usianya 11 tahun.
Milan
Pada 2008, Merkel ditransfer ke klub Italian Milan. Selama berada di tim junior, dia adalah bagian dari tim under-20 yang memenangkan Coppa Italia Primavera pada 2010, 25 tahun setelah tim menjuarainya terakhir kali.
Merkel menerima panggilan untuk tim senior pada musim 2009–10, tapi dia tidak pernah merumput walaupun sebagai pemain cadangan. Pada awal musim di musim berikutnya, dia ambil bagian pada laga pemanasan awal musim, menampilkan permainan terbaiknya. Merkel eventually made his first-team official debut on 8 December 2010, coming off the bench in a UEFA Champions League group stage game against Ajax, He also came off the bench against Tottenham on the 75th Minute for Boateng [1] on 6 January 2011, he also made his league debut, figuring in the starting line-up for a match against Cagliari.[2] Merkel went on to score his first professional goal on 20 January, as Milan pulled off a 3–0 win over Bari in the Coppa Italia round of 16.[3] In total, he made ten appearances, six of which were in the league, throughout the season.
Genoa
At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Merkel joined Genoa in co-ownership with Milan, which, in turn, signed Stephan El Shaarawy in a same type of deal.[4] Merkel made his official debut for the club in 4–3 win over Nocerina in third preliminary round of the Coppa Italia, on 20 August 2011.[5] Made his first assist of the season with a left-footed cross to Marco Rossi in the Juventus 2 - 2 Genoa.
Milan
Pada 17 Januari 2012 dia kembali ke Milan dengan kepemilikan bersama. Dia membuat debut resminya pada 18 Januari 2012, saat meraih kemenangan atas Novara 2-1 pada babak 16 besar Coppa Italia.
International career
Merkel made his international debut for Germany U-15 in a 4–1 win against Switzerland and has since represented Germany at all levels of youth international football up to under-19. In a December 2010 interview, he stated that he "dreams" of going on to play for the senior team one day.[6]
In another December 2010 interview he said that he is interested in representing Russia.[7] Russian Football Union president Sergey Fursenko and Russia's coach Dick Advocaat both commented saying that he can't be called up as he does not actually possess Russian citizenship. Merkel noted that naturalization should not be a problem, considering that an American-born Jon Robert Holden played for the Russia national basketball team.[8]
In February 2011, Merkel's adviser Arthur Beck, father of German international Andreas Beck, confirmed the player's renewed wishes to be capped for Germany.[9]
Statistics
As of 26 January 2012.
| Team | Season | Domestic League |
Domestic Cup |
European Competition1 |
Other Tournaments2 |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Milan | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | ||
| Genoa | 2011–12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Milan | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Career Total | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.
Honours
Club
- Milan
- Serie A: 1
Referensi
- ^ "Milan-Ajax". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 December 2010. Diakses tanggal 9 December 2010.
- ^ "Match: Cagliari v AC Milan". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. 6 January 2011. Diakses tanggal 6 January 2011.
- ^ "Match: AC Milan v Bari". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. 20 January 2011. Diakses tanggal 21 January 2011.
- ^ "Official A.C. Milan press release". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 25 June 2011. Diakses tanggal 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Il tabellino di Genoa-Nocerina http://www.asgnocerina.it/societa/news/416-il-tabellino-di-genoa-nocerina". asgnocerina.it (dalam bahasa Italian). Associazione Sportiva Giovanile Nocerina. 20 August 2011. Hapus pranala luar di parameter
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<ref>tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernamainterview - ^ "Полузащитник "Милана" Александр Меркель: Хочу сыграть в России на ЧМ-2018" (dalam bahasa Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Про сборную России я уже все сказал!" (dalam bahasa Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Toll! Jungstar Merkel will für Löw spielen". express.de (dalam bahasa German). Express. 14 February 2011. Diakses tanggal 18 March 2011.