Alexander Huber (footballer)

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Alexander Huber (Cyrillic: Александр Хубер, romanized: Aleksandr Khuber; born 25 February 1985[1]) is a Tajikistani retired professional footballer who played as a defender.

Alexander Huber
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Khuber
Date of birth (1985-02-25) 25 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Leninabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1993 Khujand
1993–1999 VfL Neustadt
1999–2004 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 (0)
20051899 Hoffenheim (loan) 11 (0)
2007 Eintracht Braunschweig 17 (0)
2007–2008 Hamburger SV II 25 (0)
2008–2011 Kickers Offenbach 90 (4)
2011–2016 FSV Frankfurt 158 (1)
Total 311 (5)
International career
2004–2005 Germany U-20 9 (1)
2006 Germany B 1 (0)
2017 Tajikistan 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Huber was born in Leninabad of the Soviet Union and came in 1989 to Neustadt by Marburg in Germany.[2]

Club career

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Huber began his career in 1993 with his born club Khujand. He also began his career in late-1993 with his home town club VfL Neustadt. In summer 1999, he was scouted by Eintracht Frankfurt where promoted in 2004 to the first team. After seven games in his first season in the 2. Bundesliga, he was loaned out in January 2006 to Regionalliga West/Südwest club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[3] He played six matches for Hoffenheim until the end of the season. He returned to Eintracht Frankfurt in summer 2006 and played until December 2006 for the team before was transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig.[4] After Braunschweig's relegation he was unattached and trained at his old club in Frankfurt until he was signed by the Hamburger SV reserve team.[5] After one year with Hamburger SV II, he signed in summer 2008 for Kickers Offenbach.

In the summer of 2017, Huber announced his retirement from football.[6]

International career

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Huber played nine games and scored one goal for the Germany U-20 national team. He played for the team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands,[7] and later marked a game for the Germany Team 2006. He also hold a Tadjik passport.

On 2 June 2017, Huber was called up to the Tajikistan national team for the first time, for their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification Third Round match against the Philippines on 13 June 2017,[8] making his debut playing the first 45 minutes of the game.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10][11]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Eintracht Frankfurt 2004–05 2. Bundesliga 7 0 0 0 7 0
2005–06 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 3 0 1 0 1 1 5 1
Total 10 0 1 0 1 1 12 1
1899 Hoffenheim (loan) 2005–06 Regionalliga Süd 11 0 0 0 11 0
Eintracht Braunschweig 2006–07 2. Bundesliga 17 0 0 0 17 0
Hamburger SV II 2007–08 Regionalliga Nord 25 0 0 0 25 0
Kickers Offenbach 2008–09 3. Liga 37 1 2 0 39 1
2009–10 37 2 1 0 38 2
2010–11 16 1 1 0 17 1
Total 90 4 4 0 94 4
FSV Frankfurt 2011–12 2. Bundesliga 28 0 2 0 30 0
2012–13 32 0 1 0 33 0
2013–14 33 1 2 0 35 1
2014–15 33 0 2 0 35 0
2015–16 31 0 1 0 32 0
Total 157 1 8 0 165 1
Career total 310 5 13 0 1 1 324 6

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
Tajikistan 2017 1 0
Total 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "Alexander Huber". DFB.de. Retrieved 30 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Kilchenstein, Thomas (19 September 2007). "Die verzweifelte Suche des Alexander Huber" (in German). fr-online.de. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Huber auf Leihbasis nach Hoffenheim" (in German). rp-online.de. 30 December 2005. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Alles oder nichts!" (in German). kicker.de. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Huber, Alexander" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Alexander Huber beendet seine Karriere als Profi-Fußballer". op-online.de (in German). op online. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. ^ "U20-Junioren bei WM ausgeschieden" (in German). handelsblatt.com. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Александр Хубер вызван в сборную Таджикистана. fft.tj (in Russian). Football Federation Tajikistan. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Tajikistan 3-4 Philippines". the-afc.com. The AFC. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  10. ^ "A.Huber". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Alexander Huber". datencenter.dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Alexander Huber". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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