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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A masterful display at Freiburg confirmed Mesut Özil's status as the best player in the league, a one-man source of creativity Twenty years ago, German football hailed Olaf Thon as "the last street footballer". Mehmet Scholl, Bernd Schneider, Sebastian Deisler and Lukas Podolski were the next "last street footballers", and now it's Mesut Özil's turn to be considered the...
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FOOTBALL: Just Love The Game (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Germany and Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Bernd Schneider has been forced to retire at the age of 35 due to a back problem. Schneider missed almost all of last season after slipping his disc two months before Euro 2008 , for which he was expected to be part of the Germany squad. And Leverkusen confirmed on Friday they had accepted a request from the former Eintracht Frankfurt man to terminate his contract...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Bernd Schneider has announced his retirement from football with immediate effect.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Germany midfielder Bernd Schneider has announced his retirement due to a chronic spinal complaint.
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