..::FAST FACTS::..


MINI PROFILE:

• Zodiac:Libra
• Height:189 cm (6ft 2in)
• Weight:80 kg (176,3 pounds / 12 stone 8lbs)
• Marital Status:Married since July 14, 2008. Michael Ballack and his wife Simone have three children - Louis (b. August 16, 2001), Emilio (b. September 19, 2002) and Jordi (b. March 17, 2005).
• Secondary-school Qualification:A-Levels, Sports High School in Chemnitz
• Advanced Courses:German and History
• Vocation Learnt:Professional Football Player
• Clubs:
Chelsea FC (since 2006)
Bayern Munich FC (2002-2006)
Bayer Leverkusen (1999-2002)
Kaiserslautern FC (1997-1999)
Chemnitz FC (1990-1997)*
Karl-Marx-Stadt FC (1986-1990)
BSG Motor "Fritz Heckert" Karl-Marx-Stadt (1983-1986)**
* on June 13, 1990, Karl-Marx-Stadt FC was renamed "Chemnitz FC"
** since 1990, this club is called "Chemnitzer SV 51 - Heckert"
•Shirt Number:13 (Club and Country)
• First Professional Goal:October 1, 1996 (For Chemnitz FC to make it 1-0 in a Cup tie against Dynamo Dresden)
• First Bundesliga Game:On September 19, 1997, against Karlsruhe (Ballack was brought on in the 85th minute for Ratinho)
• First Bundesliga Game Started:On March 28, 1998, against Leverkusen
• First Bundesliga Goal:On October 30, 1998, with a direct free-kick for Kaiserslautern to make it 2-2 against Hansa Rostock (67th minute)
• First International:On April 28, 1999, against Scotland (Ballack was brought on in the 60th minute for Hamann)
• First International Goal:On March 28, 2001, to make it 2-1 against Greece from the penalty spot (25th minute)


RANDOM FACTS:

• His best footballer friends are Oliver Kahn,Torsten Frigns, Roy Makaay, Brazzo, Sebastian Deisler, Bernd Schneider, Oliver Neuville, Z§Ű Roberto and Olaf Marschall.
• He loves Jennifer Lopez (j.LO) and Tyra Banks
• Jennifer Lopez is his dream womam.
• He hates "The Simpsons"
• He's not romantic
• He lived in a small town near Munich called "Starnbergersee"
• Ballack has (or had) a dog called Sancho
• Michael loves black shirt and jeans
• His favorite color is Black
• Michael doesn't like the taste of the beer [ (aha) ]
• He drives an Audi (Now he has a Ferrari and used to have a green Porsche)
• His favorite food is Pasta
• He likes Italian, Spanish and Japanese food
• Michael would love to meet tyra Banks
• Music: Michael likes soul, hip hop
• He likes to play golf
• He likes Destiny's Child and R. Kelly
• When he started playin football, he could only play with his right foot he became bi-footed because his dad told him to practice playing with both foot and michael followed his father adivice.
• He loves "Werner" (It's a german comic)
• He spends most of his vacations at Sardina an island on italy....
• He spend his last winter vacations in Austria
• He likes Latin names (names in spanish you can tell by his kids names)
• He is very Private about his life
• He started trainning on a field next to the place Katarina Wiet trainned
• Gorlitz is only 1km away from Poland
• He learned Russian in School
• He has Miopia
• Ballack's generation was the last to learn football the communist way: up at 6am, and four hours of repetitive drills a day aimed at creating two-footed players.+
• His childhood hero was Rico Steinmann who said once "With Ballack you sometimes don't know which is his strong and which his weak leg. That's classic GDR schooling."+
• Ballack was born by the Polish border on September 26 1976, in the same week that Ronaldo, Francesco Totti and Andriy Shevchenko.+
• This is the adress where he lived when he was young.... "Eighth floor,Dr Salvador-Allende-Strasse 168, Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany."+
• He bought a white Ferrari for himself on Christmas 2006...(according to Frank Lampard)ˇ
• His father played in German Second Division. [according to THE TELEGRAPH.co.uk article 17.04.08]
+ Taken from a Simon Kuper article published on August 12 2006 03:00 and posted by Carol from the forum.
ˇTaken from Frank Lampards blog.(posted by krissi I think on the tag board)
The rest are taken from several interviews, well know facts & tv reports about Michael and put together by Veronika [The 1st Ones from the Random Facts] and Me.