Ingo Anderbrügge

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ingo Anderbrügge

| image = Schalke Anderbruegge01.jpg

| caption = Anderbrügge

| full_name = Ingo Anderbrügge

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Datteln, West Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.89 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1970–1980

| youthclubs1 = Germania Datteln

| youthyears2 = 1980–1983

| youthclubs2 = SpVgg Erkenschwick

| years1 = 1983–1984

| clubs1 = SpVgg Erkenschwick

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1984–1988

| clubs2 = Borussia Dortmund

| caps2 = 76

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 1988–1999

| clubs3 = Schalke 04

| caps3 = 316

| goals3 = 82

| years4 = 2000–2001

| clubs4 = Sportfreunde Siegen

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 5

| totalcaps = 411

| totalgoals = 94

| nationalyears1 = 1985

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U21

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2005

| managerclubs1 = Werner SC 2000

| manageryears2 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs2 = SpVgg Erkenschwick

| manageryears3 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs3 = VfB Hüls

| manageryears4 = 2007–2008

| managerclubs4 = Wacker Burghausen

}}

Ingo Anderbrügge ({{IPA|de|ˈɪŋɡoː ˈʔandɐbʁʏɡə|lang}}; born 2 January 1964) is a German former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.

Football career

Anderbrügge was born in Datteln. He started playing professionally with Borussia Dortmund, making his Bundesliga debut on 7 July 1984, in a 2–3 home loss against Borussia Mönchengladbach. After a final poor season, in 1987–88, he moved to FC Schalke 04, then in the second division. In his first three years, he netted a total of 36 league goals, eventually gaining promotion in 1991.

A regular fixture on the team during the next six years, with the UEFA Cup conquest in 1996–97, his only professional accolade (he netted his penalty shootout attempt in the final against F.C. Internazionale Milano), Anderbrügge could only manage however 33 appearances from 1997 to 2000, and retired after a brief spell with Sportfreunde Siegen, in the third level, having totalled 53 goals in 292 first division contests (397/89 in all three levels).{{Cite web |date=25 September 2009 |title=Ingo Anderbrügge im EXKLUSIV-Interview: "Die Derbys standen immer unter Hochspannung" |trans-title=Ingo Anderbrügge in exclusive interview: "Die Derbys are always in high voltage" |url=http://www.goal.com/de/news/1022/interview/2009/09/25/1522088/ingo-anderbr%C3%BCgge-im-exklusiv-interview-die-derbys-standen |access-date=16 January 2010 |publisher=Goal.com |language=German}}

In March 2008, Anderbrügge began his professional manager career, in the same division where he finished his playing activity, with SV Wacker Burghausen{{Cite web |date=31 March 2008 |title=Burghausen entlässt Trainer Anderbrügge |url=http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/amateure/burghausen-entlaesst-trainer-anderbruegge-aid-1.1646478 |access-date=2 May 2014 |publisher=RP Online |language=German}} – he had previously managed amateurs SpVgg Erkenschwick and VfB Hüls in Westphalia.{{Cite web |last=Ziehn |first=Thomas |date=11 February 2007 |title=Anrufe zum Abschied |url=http://www.reviersport.de/18894---huels-ex-coach-ingo-anderbruegge-kein-nachkarten.html |access-date=2 May 2014 |publisher=RevierSport |language=German}}

Other ventures

After retiring as a player, and before he started coaching, Anderbrügge played two seasons as a placekicker for NFL Europe team Rhein Fire.{{Cite web |date=4 April 2003 |title=Da spritzt das Adrenalin nur so durch die Blutbahnen |trans-title=It sends adrenaline right into your blood stream |url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,242975,00.html |access-date=16 January 2010 |publisher=Der Spiegel |language=German}}

He also founded a football school and, in March 2009, was appointed technical director of the Deutsches Fußball Internat, a boarding school for youths.{{Cite web |date=8 October 2009 |title=Besser als Vera am Mittag |trans-title=Better than Vera am Mittag |url=http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/nachwuchs/0906/Artikel/deutsches-fussball-internat-interview-ingo-anderbruegge.html |access-date=16 January 2010 |publisher=Spox |language=German}}

Anderbrügge currently works as a pundit and analyst for German TV channel Sport1.

Honours

Schalke 04

UEFA Cup: 1996–97{{Cite web |title=Ingo Anderbrügge |url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/anderbrueggeingo/2008/ |access-date=2 May 2014 |publisher=fussballdaten.de |language=German}}