Sergej Barbarez
Sergej Barbarez (born September 17, 1971 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of Yugoslavia) is a former association football attacking midfielder from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sergej Barbarez played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Fußball-Bundesliga from 2006 to 2008. Sergej Barbarez finished Sergej Barbarez career after the season 2007/2008. Despite being naturally a midfielder, Sergej Barbarez can also play as an striker or even as an emergency defender (association football).
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Sergej Barbarez (born September 17, 1971 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of Yugoslavia) is a former association football attacking midfielder from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sergej Barbarez played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Fußball-Bundesliga from 2006 to 2008. Sergej Barbarez finished Sergej Barbarez career after the season 2007/2008. Despite being naturally a midfielder, Sergej Barbarez can also play as an striker or even as an emergency defender (association football).
Biography
Sergej Barbarez was born to a father Ljubo and mother Zlata, in the city of Mostar on September 9, 1971. Here, Barbarez was raised by Sergej Barbarez parents where Sergej Barbarez also received Sergej Barbarez education. As a young child, Sergej Barbarez was actually not very interested in association football but in basketball and athletics (track and field). However, at the age of eleven, Barbarez started playing football though mostly for fun with friends after school.
Then, in 1984, Sergej Barbarez took a step further and started playing association football for the youth team of Velež Mostar in Sergej Barbarez native city of Mostar.
Some six years later, Barbarez signed with the first team of Velež Mostar at the age of 19. However, briefly after, Barbarez served Sergej Barbarez former country in the JNA before returning to Mostar to continue Sergej Barbarez career.
In 1991, Sergej Barbarez returned to Velež Mostar and soon after everyone realized that Barbarez was a true talent.
The same year, Barbarez visited Sergej Barbarez uncle who was living in Germany. Some time later, Barbarez was preparing to return back to Mostar but Sergej Barbarez uncle surprised Barbarez by extending Sergej Barbarez stay in Germany for two weeks. The uncle had arranged for Barbarez a two weeks try-out practise with Hannover 96. The coach of Hannover 96 was so impressed by Sergej Barbarez that Sergej Barbarez signed Sergej Barbarez for the club. During those same two weeks the political situation throughout former Yugoslavia was deteriorating by the minute and fighting was even occurring in some places. So Barbarez came to an agreement with Sergej Barbarez father to stay with the uncle in Germany for the near future.
In April, 1992, the Bosnian-Herzegovina war came to the city of Mostar. A month prior of the actual war, the father and sister of Sergej Barbarez fled with Sergej's high school sweetheart Ana to the city of Hannover in Germany. Sergej Barbarez's mother Zlata stayed in Mostar throughout the whole Bosnian war.
Sergej Barbarez played for Hannover 96 during the second half of the 1991-92 and the whole Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1992-93. Between 1993 and 1996, Barbarez played for 1. FC Union Berlin before signing with F.C. Hansa Rostock. Barbarez played here between 1996 and 1998.
In 1998, Sergej Barbarez made Sergej Barbarez debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team against Argentina national football team.
From 1998, Barbarez played for Borussia Dortmund where Sergej Barbarez stayed until signing with Hamburger SV in July 2000.
During the first season with Hamburger SV, Sergej Barbarez became the top scorer for Sergej Barbarez club with 22 goals and joint top scorer of the Fußball-Bundesliga with Ebbe Sand. Though Barbarez could not help Hamburg's elimination from the UEFA Champions League 2000-01 at the group stages despite Sergej Barbarez two goals, when the club qualified for that competition for the first time, after a third place in the previous domestic Bundesliga season.
Before Sergej Barbarez retired from international football on October 13, 2005, Barbarez was the captain and leader of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.
On December 2, 2005, Sergej Barbarez announced Sergej Barbarez comeback to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and play in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers. Sergej Barbarez became Captain (association football) of the team once again.
On May 17, 2006, Sergej Barbarez signed a two-year deal with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
On October 12, 2006, Sergej Barbarez officially stepped down from playing for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.
Personal life
Sergej is married to Sergej Barbarez high-school sweetheart Ana, who is from Ljubuški. They have two sons together, Filip-André (born 1996) and Sergio-Luis (2000).
Sergej is currently the sports director of Hamburg SV (HSV), Sergej Barbarez was hired in 2009 after Dietmar Beiersdorfer was fired.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Barbarez