Michael Ballack Net Worth

Short introduction

Michael Ballack was active as a professional soccer player for more than 17 years. During this time he played for Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and FC Chelsea. For a long time he was the captain of the German national team and took part in two World Cups and three European championships. After his career, he acted as a TV expert for various channels.

Early life

Michael Ballack was born near Görlitz in the former GDR. At the age of seven he started playing football at BSG Motor “Fritz Heckert” Karl-Marx-Stadt. Local coach Steffen Hänisch quickly pays attention to the technical skills of the young people. Ballack played his first match in the Junior Division on October 4, 1983. In his first season he managed to score twelve goals. Ballack quickly develops leadership skills in his young team. In 1988 he moved to FC Karl-Marx-Stadt and won the Indoor District Championship, the Saxon Indoor Championship and finally the Saxon U-19 championship for years.

Career highlights

Ballack won its first German championship in 1998 with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. After helping Leverkusen missed the championship title with his own goal in the last match in 2000, he won double with Munich in 2003, 2005 and 2006. So far, he has been named a German soccer player three times. A number of other titles were followed at Chelsea FC. With the German national team, Ballack became a representative of the world champion in 2002. Germany was in third place in 2006 and ranked second again at the 2008 European Championship. Ballack was chosen as a member of the All-Star team in four successive tournaments from 2002 until 2008.

Success tips

Michael Ballack stressed the importance of developing mechanisms to deal with stress and pressure to succeed. In his view, detailed preparation for all types of problems is one of the keys to succeed in facing pressure during important games.

At the same time, a successful leader must be willing to take responsibility and face problems at any time.