Profile Alexander Merkel

Personal information :

Full name : Alexander Merkel
Date of birth : 22 February 1992
Place of birth : Pervomayskiy, Kazakhstan
Height : 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Midfielder
Current club : Milan
Number : 52
Youth career :
JSG Westerwald
2003–2008 VfB Stuttgart
2008– Milan
Senior career
2009– Milan
National team :
2007 Germany U-15
2007–2008 Germany U-16
2008 Germany U-17
2009 Germany U-18
2010– Germany U-19

Club career

Born within Kazakhstan towards Russian parents of German ancestry, Merkel transported towards Germany with them within 1998, ancient 6. There he activated performing football with amateur team JSG Westerwald, ahead of attending VfB Stuttgart at the age of 11. In 2008, he transported towards Italian side Milan. During his moment within the club's youth system, he was a member of the under-20 side whom won the Coppa Italia Primavera within 2010, 25 years as soon as the team's last success within the competition. Merkel obtained his former call-ups for the senior team during the 2009–10 campaign, but he was never fielded nor named onto the bench. At the initiating of the consecutive season, he took portion within a number of pre-season toys, putting up nice performances. Merkel ultimately made his first-team official debut onto eight December 2010, arriving off the bench within a UEFA Champions League category level toy against Ajax. A month afterwards, onto six January 2011, he also made his league debut, figuring within the activating line-up for a match against Cagliari. Merkel went onto towards score his former businesswoman goal onto twenty January, as Milan heaved off a 3–0 victory again Bari within the Coppa Italia round of 16.

International career

Merkel made his international debut for Germany U-15 within a 4–1 victory against Switzerland and has since portrayed Germany at everybody grades of youth international football up towards under-19. In a December 2010 interview, he reported that he "dreams" of going onto towards play for the senior team one day.