Andreas Neuendorf

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Zecke Neuendorf

| image = Neuendorf, Andreas FCI 08-09 WP.JPG

| caption = Andreas Neuendorf as a football player for FC Ingolstadt

| fullname = Andreas Neuendorf

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|02|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = West Berlin, West Germany

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1992–1994 |clubs1 = Reinickendorfer Füchse |caps1 = 33 |goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1994–1997 |clubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen |caps2 = 44 |goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1998–2000 |clubs3 = Hertha BSC |caps3 = 30 |goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2000–2001 |clubs4 = Bayer Leverkusen |caps4 = 7 |goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2001–2007 |clubs5 = Hertha BSC |caps5 = 119 |goals5 = 12

| years6 = 2007–2010 |clubs6 = FC Ingolstadt 04 |caps6 = 58 |goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2010–2014 |clubs7 = Hertha BSC II |caps7 = 73 |goals7 = 8

| years8 = 2010 |clubs8 = Hertha BSC |caps8 = 1 |goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 365 | totalgoals = 29

| nationalyears1 = 1994–1998

| nationalteam1 = Germany U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 23 |nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2019–2021

| managerclubs1 = Hertha BSC II

| manageryears2 = 2021–

| managerclubs2 = Hertha BSC (assistant)

}}

Andreas "Zecke" Neuendorf (born 9 February 1975) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Neuendorf has played for Bayer Leverkusen and Hertha BSC.{{cite web | url = http://www.morgenpost.de/sport/hertha/article1078017/Wie_aus_Andreas_Neuendorf_Zecke_wurde.html | title = Wie aus Andreas Neuendorf "Zecke" wurde | language = German | publisher = Berliner Morgenpost | date = 24 April 2009 | accessdate = 6 October 2012}} He left Berlin after the 2006–07 season, having played with the club for six years. After three years with FC Ingolstadt 04,{{cite web | url = http://www.fussball.de/fc-ingolstadt-zecke-neuendorf-ist-leitwolf-und-publikumsliebling/id_19441760/index | title = FC Ingolstadt: "Zecke" Neuendorf ist Leitwolf und Publikumsliebling | language = German | publisher = fussball.de | date = 16 July 2009 | accessdate = 6 October 2012}} he returned to Hertha in 2010.

Nickname

Neuendorf is nicknamed "Zecke" (German for tick), a name that was given to him by Leverkusen team-mate Ulf Kirsten after Neuendorf fell ill from a tick bite.{{cite web | url = http://www.11freunde.de/artikel/zeckes-brief-den-nachwuchs | title = „Tunnel´ nie den Chef!“ | language = German | publisher = 11freunde.de | date = 7 August 2007 | accessdate = 6 October 2012 | archive-date = 3 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160503183824/http://www.11freunde.de/artikel/zeckes-brief-den-nachwuchs | url-status = dead }} He wears the name on his shirt, similar the common practice among Brazilian footballers, and it is listed in his passport as his stage name.{{cite web | url = http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/neue-mode---die-bundesliga-startet-in-ihre-40--saison-mit-einem-berliner-kuenstler-namens--zecke---mit-freien-bruesten-in-bochum-und-bremen--doch-ohne-die-t-shirt-show-beim-torjubel-verbissen-in-eine-idee,10810590,10017312.html | title = Verbissen in eine Idee | language = German | publisher = | date = 7 August 2002 | accessdate = 6 October 2012 | first = Michael | last = Jahn}}

Honours

Hertha Berlin

  • DFL-Ligapokal: 2001, 2002{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/historie/dfbde-archiv/archiv-ehemalige-wettbewerbe/premiere-ligapokal/alle-wettbewerbe/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1844150 |title=Ligapokal, 2001, Finale|publisher=dfb.de |access-date=5 November 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/historie/dfbde-archiv/archiv-ehemalige-wettbewerbe/premiere-ligapokal/alle-wettbewerbe/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1844815 |title=Ligapokal, 2002, Finale|publisher=dfb.de |access-date=5 November 2020}}

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