Michael Lejan

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Michael Lejan
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Soest, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1989–1992 Blau-Weiss Werl
1992–1994 Sportfreunde Siegen
1994–2002 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 1. FC Köln II 70 (6)
2004–2005 1. FC Köln 2 (0)
2005–2009 Wuppertaler SV Borussia 128 (3)
2009–2011 VfL Osnabrück 43 (2)
2012–2013 Fortuna Köln 36 (4)
2013–2015 Alemannia Aachen 65 (3)
2015–2017 Viktoria Köln 59 (1)
Total403(19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Lejan (born 2 May 1983) is a German-born Belgian former professional football left back. [1]

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Early years

Michael Lejan was born in Soest, Germany as son of a member of the Belgian army in Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He lived in Werl for nine years and moved to Siegen, where he lived for two years [2] before moving to Cologne, where his father was transferred. [3]

Career

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References

  1. "Lejan, Michael" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. see Interview in a Fan-Forum of Wuppertaler SV
  3. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger/DuMont Rheinland Media 24 GmbH (publisher) (14 June 2015). "Der Herzens-Kölner". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)