Alexander Huber (footballer)
Alexander Huber (Cyrillic: Александр Хубер, romanized: Aleksandr Khuber; born 25 February 1985[1]) is a retired Tajik footballer who played as a right defender or in the midfield.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksander Khuber | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Leninabad, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1999 | VfL Neustadt | ||
| 1999–2004 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | (0) |
| 2005 | → 1899 Hoffenheim (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2007 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Hamburger SV II | 25 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Kickers Offenbach | 90 | (4) |
| 2011–2016 | FSV Frankfurt | 157 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Germany U-20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2006 | Germany B | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Tajikistan | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:10, 19 May 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2017 | |||
Early life
Huber was born in Leninabad of the Soviet Union and came in 1989 to Neustadt by Marburg in Germany.[2]
Club career
Huber began his career in 1993 with his home town club VfL Neustadt. In summer 1999, he was scouted by Eintracht Frankfurt where promoted in 2004 to the first team. After seven games in his first season in the 2. Bundesliga, he was loaned out in January 2006 to Regionalliga West/Südwest club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[3] He played six matches for Hoffenheim until the end of the season. He returned in summer 2006 to Eintracht Frankfurt and played until December 2006 for the team before was transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig.[4] After Braunschweig's relegation he was unattached and trained at his old club in Frankfurt until he was signed by the Hamburger SV reserve team.[5] After one year with Hamburger SV II, he signed in summer 2008 for Kickers Offenbach.
In the summer of 2017, Huber announced his retirement from football.[6]
International career
Huber played nine games and scored one goal for the Germany U-20 national football team. He played for the team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands,[7] and later marked a game for the Germany Team 2006. He also hold a Tadjik passport.
On 2 June 2017, Huber was called up to the Tajikistan national football team for the first time, for their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification Third Round match against the Philippines on 13 June 2017,[8] making his debut playing the first 45 minutes of the game.[9]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim (loan) | 2005–06 | Regionalliga Süd | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2006–07 | 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Hamburger SV II | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Kickers Offenbach | 2008–09 | 3. Liga | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 90 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 94 | 4 | |||
| FSV Frankfurt | 2011–12 | 2. Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 157 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 165 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 310 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 324 | 6 | ||
References
- "Alexander Huber". DFB.de. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- Kilchenstein, Thomas (19 September 2007). "Die verzweifelte Suche des Alexander Huber" (in German). fr-online.de. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- "Huber auf Leihbasis nach Hoffenheim" (in German). rp-online.de. 30 December 2005. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- "Alles oder nichts!" (in German). kicker.de. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- "Huber, Alexander" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- "Alexander Huber beendet seine Karriere als Profi-Fußballer". op-online.de (in German). op online. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- "U20-Junioren bei WM ausgeschieden" (in German). handelsblatt.com. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- Александр Хубер вызван в сборную Таджикистана. fft.tj (in Russian). Football Federation Tajikistan. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- "Tajikistan 3-4 Philippines". the-afc.com. The AFC. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- "A.Huber". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- "Alexander Huber". datencenter.dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- "Alexander Huber". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 25 June 2017.