Markus Babbel (born September 8, 1972 in Munich) is a German former international footballer and current manager. He played as a defender and was a famous centre-back or right-back.
Starting out in the German Bundesliga, his first club was Bayern Munich, for whom he played initially from the youth squad, forging to the first team and making eight starts, as well as four substitute appearances in league games.
Moving to Hamburger SV in August 1992...
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Markus Babbel (born September 8, 1972 in Munich) is a German former international footballer and current manager. He played as a defender and was a famous centre-back or right-back.
Starting out in the German Bundesliga, his first club was Bayern Munich, for whom he played initially from the youth squad, forging to the first team and making eight starts, as well as four substitute appearances in league games.
Moving to Hamburger SV in August 1992 gave Babbel the chance to appear regularly in a first-team slot. Between this and his exit in 1994, he managed to score his first league goal. Transferring back to Bayern Munich, he made 167 starts, and attracted the attention of Manchester United following UEFA Euro 1996. A £5 million deal was put in place for the German full back, but it never went through. He was then snapped up by then-Liverpool F.C. manager Gérard Houllier in June 2000, building part of the solid back four of Liverpool's five trophy winning season of 2001. He went on...
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