Christoph Tobias Metzelder is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender. After retiring at professional level he joined his first team TuS Haltern in the amateur leagues. Most of his professional career, which was spent mostly at Borussia Dortmund, was blighted by injuries. He did manage, however, to collect nearly 50 caps for the German national team, appearing with it at two World Cups and Euro 2008. Metzelder also played three seasons apiece for Real Madrid and Schalke 04, amassing Bundesliga totals of 178 games and four goals over the course of one full decade. [More at Wikipedia]

November 5th, 1980 in Haltern am See (Age 44)