Andreas Hinkel

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Andreas Hinkel
Personal information
Date of birth	March 26, 1982 (1982-03-26) (age 27)
Place of birth	Backnang, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right wingback
Club information
Current club	Celtic
Number	2
Youth career
1987–1992 1992–2000	TSV Leutenbach VfB Stuttgart
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2006 2006–2007 2008–	Stuttgart Sevilla Celtic	156 (1) 015 (0) 048 (1)
National team2
2002-2003 2003–	Germany U-21 Germany	008 (0) 021 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10:33, 03 June 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Andreas "Andy" Hinkel (born 26 March 1982 in Backnang, Germany) is a German footballer who currently plays for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. He is an attacking right back who is well known for his dribbling skills.

[edit] Club career

After finishing in second with Stuttgart in 2002-03, and already established as first-choice, Hinkel took part in UEFA Champions League for the first time in his career. In March 2004, however, he suffered a knee ligament injury.

On June 23, 2006, Hinkel signed a 4-year contract with Sevilla FC. The transfer fee was estimated to be around €4 million. With Sevilla FC he won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.

Unable to dislodge perennial right-back Daniel Alves, on January 4, 2008, he was confirmed as Scottish giants Celtic F.C.'s new signing, for a fee of £1.9 million.^[1][2] Hinkel played his first Celtic game during the club's 3-0 Scottish Cup win over Stirling Albion eight days later, and would score his first goal for Celtic a month later, in the 3-0 win over Hearts at Celtic Park on February 16.

[edit] International career

Hinkel has represented his country on 18 occasions at senior level, making his debut in 2003 against Serbia and Montenegro. He was part of the German squad during Euro 2004 (having recovered from aforementioned knee injury), but missed the 2006 World Cup. Hinkel's international involvement was kept to a minimum when at Seville due to lack of first team football but, after a string of impressive performances for Celtic, he made a return to the German squad in September 2008 and he continues to be considered a valuable part of the first team.

[edit] Honours

• VfB Stuttgart
  • Bundesliga runner-up: 2003.
  • DFB-Ligapokal finalist: 2005.

• Sevilla FC
  • UEFA Super Cup 2006
  • UEFA Cup 2007
  • Spanish Cup 2007
  • Spanish Supercup 2007

• Celtic F.C.
  • Scottish Championship 2008
  • Scottish League Cup 2009

• Germany
  • FIFA Confederations Cup 3rd place: 2005.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)
• Andreas Hinkel career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Wörns • 5 Nowotny • 6 Baumann • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Hamann • 9 Bobic • 10 Kurányi • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Brdaric • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Ziege • 18 Ernst • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Lahm • 22 Frings • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Völler

v • d • e Germany squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place 1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Owomoyela • 6 Engelhardt • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Deisler • 11 Brdaric • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Ernst • 16 Hitzlsperger • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Schulz • 22 Kurányi • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann

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