PHILLIP LAHM

Philipp Lahm ws born 11 November 1983) is a German footballer who plays for and captains both Bayern Munich and the Germany national football team.one of the best full backs in the world,^[2] and was included in the World Cup team of the tournament in 2006 and 2010, the UEFA Team of the Tournament in 2008 and 2012 and in the FIFA Team of the Year 2008...
well known for his pace, dribbling and precise tackling abilities as well as his small stature, giving him the nickname the "Magic Dwarf"'..
He ws developed into a professional football player within the Bayern Munich Junior Team.. at the age of 11 after a youth coach, Jan Pienta, had scouted him several times while he was playing for the local youth team in his hometown Gern, Munich. He was already considered very talented; one of his coaches, Hermann Hummels..
He made his Bundesliga debut on the first day of the season 2003–04 against Hansa Rostock as he came in as a substitute left-back in the 76th minute for midfielder Silvio Meissner. His first professional start as a left back he played on the fourth matchday as a 63rd minute substitute for Gerber and his first game over the full 90 minutes followed on the sixth matchday against Borussia Dortmund..After the Euro 2004 tournament and the resulting shorter vacation and pre-season training he had difficulties getting off the ground and also in conforming with the tactics and system of the new coach Matthias Sammer. However, he still made 16 Bundesliga appearances for Stuttgart before the Christmas break, 14 of them over the full 90 minutes, and six appearances in the UEFA Cup.
Lahm returned to Bayern Munich in july 2005. However, the torn cruciate ligament he had suffered just before his return forced him to start his professional time in FC Bayern on rehabilitation. He returned to the field at the end of November playing first twice for the amateur side of Bayern and thereafter making his first professional Bundesliga appearance for Bayern in November 2005 against Arminia Bielefeld.Lahm started his international career in the U19 national team. He was part of the team that won silver for Germany in the 2002 U19 European championship playing in all games in the final tournament and scoring a crucial goal in the 90th minute (2–3) against England in a game that ended 3–3.
Lahm missed more than a year of international football between January 2005 and March 2006 due to injuries (stress-fracture on foot and a torn cruciate ligament)
Even though he injured his elbow in a friendly game right before the World Cup 2006 and thus had to wear a special cast on his left arm..
He was also the only German player to play the complete 690 minutes of the World Cup and was also elected to the All Star Team of the tournament..