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Lukas Podolski (*June 4, 1985 in Gliwice, Poland), nicknamed (Prinz) Poldi,
is a German football player. He plays for 1.FC Köln (for Bayern Munich next
season) in the position of a striker. He often sneaks back into the midfield
to get the ball, then outsprints his opponents and scores with a remarkably
cold-blooded finishing touch. He is seen as one of the most promising German
players.
It was at 1. FC Köln where Podolski's talents were first noticed. In 2003,
at the age of 18, Podolski was still part of the club's youth side.
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At this time the club found itself in dire straits battling to avoid
relegation from the Bundesliga. First team boss Marcel Koller, working on a
shoestring budget, decided to give the young striker a chance to show his
worth to the team. Podolski was invited to train with the senior players and
made his top flight debut shortly afterwards on January 22, 2003. Even
though Cologne failed to avoid the drop Podolski had shown what he could do,
scoring 10 goals in his first 19 senior appearances. This was the best tally
by an 18 year old in the history of the Bundesliga.
Podolski continued to stay with the club despite relegation and was
instrumental in ensuring a quick return to the top flight, scoring 24 goals
in the process. Even before the 2004/05 season began he had become the first
second-division player since 1975 to break into the national team,
celebrating his debut for Rudi Völler's Germany on 6 June 2004 in
Kaiserslautern against Hungary with a late substitute appearance.
He played for Germany at Euro 2004, where he was the squad's youngest
player. He also attended the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and scored 3
goals there.
Germany coach Jürgen Klinsmann holds him in high regard as he is lethal with
his head as well as his feet and also still very young. Because of this,
clubs such as Bayern München, Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen and even Real
Madrid manifested their interest in Podolski, though he had a contract with
FC Köln through 2007. On 1 June 2006, Podolski announced that a transfer
agreement had been reached with Bayern Munich allowing him to join the
Bavarian side for the 2006/07 season. Financial details of the deal were not
immediately available, but the transfer fee was speculated to be somewhere
in the area of €10 mil.
Podolski was selected in the Germany squad for the 2006 World Cup, where he
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