Sebastian Kehl

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Personal information
Sebastian Kehl
Full name	Sebastian Kehl
Date of birth	February 13, 1980 (1980-02-13) (age 28)
Place of birth	Fulda, West Germany
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2000 2000-2001 2003- 2001-	Hannover 96 SC Freiburg Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund	32 (2) 40 (4) 32 (2) 147 (10)
National team²
2001-	Germany	31 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 8 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Sebastian Kehl (born February 13, 1980) is a German defensive midfielder who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund. He is naturally left footed and has also occasionally appeared at left back.

Born in Fulda (Hesse), Kehl joined Borussia Dortmund in 2001 and has made 127 appearances. He made his international debut against Slovakia in 2001 and has made a total of 31 appearances for Germany (as of July 8, 2006). Kehl won the runner-up in 2002 World Cup and the 3rd place in 2006 World Cup.

[edit] Personal Life

Kehl lives together with his girlfriend, Tina, who gave birth to their son Luis on 26 September 2006.

[edit] Honours

National Team

World Cup runner-up: 2002
Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005
World Cup Bronze medallist: 2006

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Borussia Dortmund – current squad

1 Weidenfeller • 2 Amedick • 3 Brzenska • 4 Wörns • 5 Kehl • 6 Kringe • 7 Tinga • 8 Federico • 9 Valdez • 10 Petrić • 13 Frei • 14 Rukavina • 15 Hummels • 16 Błaszczykowski • 17 Dedê • 18 Ricken • 19 Klimowicz • 20 Ziegler • 21 Kovač • 22 Kruska • 23 Degen • 24 Gordon • 26 Buckley • 27 Hünemeier • 28 Tyrala • 29 Rammel • 30 Höttecke • 33 Vržogić • 36 Amachaibou • 38 Hillenbrand • Coach: Klopp

v • d • e Germany squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Kahn • 2 Linke • 3 Rehmer • 4 Baumann • 5 Ramelow • 6 Ziege • 7 Neuville • 8 Hamann • 9 Jancker • 10 Ricken • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Bode • 18 Böhme • 19 Schneider • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Metzelder • 22 Frings • 23 Butt • Coach: Völler

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 2004

1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Wörns • 5 Nowotny • 6 Baumann • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Hamann • 9 Bobic • 10 Kuranyi • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Brdaric • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Ziege • 18 Ernst • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Lahm • 22 Frings • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Völler

v • d • e Germany squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann