Alexander Esswein

Football player infobox
playername = Alexander Esswein
fullname = Alexander Esswein


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1990|3|25
cityofbirth = Worms
countryofbirth = Germany
height = height|m=1.81
currentclub = Wolfsburg
clubnumber = 27
position = Striker
youthyears = 0|0000–1998
1998–2002
2002–2008
youthclubs = TSV Neuleiningen
Waldhof Mannheim
Kaiserslautern
years = 2007–2008
2008–
2008–
clubs = Kaiserslautern
Wolfsburg II
Wolfsburg
caps(goals) = 01 (0)
06 (0)
00 (0)
nationalyears = 0|0000–2007
2007–
nationalteam = Germany U-17
Germany U-18
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 (3)
07 (3)
pcupdate = 05:56, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Alexander Esswein (born March 25, 1990) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Wolfsburg.

Career

Club career

Esswein started his professional career with Kaiserslautern, making his first appearance on December 17, 2007 in the 2. Bundesliga. He was substituted on in the 63rd minute in a 2-1 defeat to Köln.

In June of 2008, he joined Wolfsburg.

National career

Esswein plays for the German U-18 team and had played for the German U-17 team until the end of 2007. He was part of the German U-17 team that finished in third place in the 2007 U-17 World Cup in South Korea. He scored two goals against Trinidad and Tobago in the group-stage and scored the winning goal in the third place playoff against Ghana two minutes into stoppage time.

External links

* [http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/spielersteckbrief/object/41682/saison/2008-09 Profile at Kicker.de] de icon
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/essweinalexander/ Career stats at Fussballdaten.de] de icon
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/45662/alexanderesswein/profil.html Profile at Transfermarkt.de] de icon