Lars Ricken

Lars Ricken (born 10 July 1976) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Since 2008, he has been a youth coordinator at Borussia Dortmund.

Lars Ricken
Ricken training with Borussia Dortmund in 2006
Personal information
Full name Lars Ricken
Date of birth (1976-07-10) 10 July 1976
Place of birth Dortmund, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Borussia Dortmund (youth coordinator)
Youth career
1982–1986 TuS Eving-Lindenhorst
1986–1990 Eintracht Dortmund
1990–1993 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2007 Borussia Dortmund 301 (49)
2003–2009 Borussia Dortmund II 39 (8)
Total 340 (57)
International career
1995–1998 Germany U21 17 (8)
1997–2002 Germany 16 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2002 Korea/Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years, being the youngest player to ever appear for the club in an official match, a record later broken by Nuri Şahin.

A German international for five years, Ricken represented the country at the 2002 World Cup and the 1999 Confederations Cup.

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