Albert Streit

Albert Streit
	Albert Streit in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Albert Streit
Date of birth	28 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1989	FV Zuffenhausen
1989–1997	VfB Stuttgart
1997–2001	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Eintracht Frankfurt
2003	VfL Wolfsburg
2004–2006	1. FC Köln
2006–2007	Eintracht Frankfurt
2008–2011	Schalke 04
2009–2011	Schalke 04 II
2009	→ Hamburger SV (loan)
2009	→ Hamburger SV II (loan)
2012–2013	Alemannia Aachen
2013–2014	Viktoria Köln
2014	Fortuna Köln
Total
International career
	Germany U-16
	Germany U-17
	Germany U-18
2003–2004	Germany Team 2006
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Streit (born Albert Ursachi 28 March 1980 in Bucharest) is a Romanian-German former professional footballer.

Career

Streit signed a three-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt following the relegation of his previous team, 1. FC Köln, on 9 May 2006.

At the end of the season of 2006–07, he announced that had come to an agreement about his move to Schalke. Eintracht manager Friedhelm Funkel benched him for a few matches, arguing Streit was not training well. After an accord between Streit and Eintracht executive Heribert Bruchhagen he would have been allowed to move to Schalke if Streit would play hard in the final matches. The transfer finally failed because Schalke executive Andreas Müller refused to pay more than €2 million and Eintracht clearly turned down the offer.

Streit has repeatedly stated that his performances would be worthy to a call up for Germany, but Joachim Löw has so far refused to nominate him.

In October 2007, Eintracht chairman Heribert Bruchhagen offered him an improved two-year contract, but Streit announced on 12 November that he signed a four-year contract for Schalke beginning in summer of 2008.^[1] But in December 2007, Eintracht Frankfurt agreed to a prematurely move of Streit to Schalke in January 2008.^[2]

In January 2009, Streit was thrown out of the squad of the first team of Schalke. He had to play for the second team of Schalke in the Regionalliga.^[3] He joined Hamburger SV on 2 February 2009 on loan until the end of the season.^[4] After his return in July 2009, he was demoted to the reserve team from FC Schalke 04. His contract ended on 30 June 2012.

In December 2011 and after his former coach Friedhelm Funkel took over in Alemannia Aachen, it was announced that Streit will join the club until the end of the season.^[5]

On 6 January 2014, Streit cancelled the contract with Viktoria Köln.^[6] He signed for Fortuna Köln shortly afterwards, and helped them win promotion to the 3. Liga before retiring at the end of the 2013–14 season.

Personal life

Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania to Călin Ursachi and Renate Streit, he later took his mother's last name when his parents divorced.^[7]

References

^ "Streit handed four-year deal from summer 2008". schalke04.de. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
^ "Streit to join Schalke earlier than planned". schalke04.de. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
^ "Lovenkrands and Streit given the boot". schalke04.de. 4 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
^ Linnenbrügger, Matthias (1 February 2009). "Albert Streit kommt als Leihgabe zum HSV". Die Welt (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
^ "Albert Streit wird ein Schwarz-Gelber" (in German). alemannia-aachen.de. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "Fortuna Köln und Albert Streit mit mündlicher Einigung" (in German). Fortuna Köln. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ "Mama Streit". Bild (in German). 11 January 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.