Career record
Michael Ballack is a midfielder, born 26 September 1976, listed at 189 cm, and holds Germany citizenship. The club record here runs 1995–2012 across 7 clubs, 407 appearances and 107 goals.
The longest stay was FC Bayern Munich, 4 years from 2002 to 2006 and 107 appearances. FC Bayern Munich accounts for the most football: 107 appearances of the 407 on record. The best scoring rate came at FC Bayern Munich — 44 in 107, a goal every 2.4 games. Across 17 years there were 6 moves, roughly one every 2.8 seasons. At senior international level the record is 98 caps and 42 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemnitzer FC | 1995–1997 | 18 | 5 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1997–1999 | 46 | 4 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 1997–1998 | 17 | 8 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1999–2002 | 79 | 27 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 2002–2006 | 107 | 44 |
| Chelsea F.C. | 2006–2010 | 105 | 17 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2010–2012 | 35 | 2 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany national under-21 football team | 1996–1998 | 19 | 7 |
| Germany men's national association football team | 1999–2010 | 98 | 42 |
His clubs, in this archive
The archive covers 4 of the seasons Michael Ballack spent at FC Bayern Munich, 2002/03 to 2005/06. FC Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga three times in that span and finished in the top four four times, averaging 74 points a season. At Chelsea F.C., 4 covered seasons run 2006/07 to 2009/10, best finish 1st in 2009/10. Those placings are recalculated from the individual results rather than copied from a table, so they can be read against any other club on this site.
| Season | Competition | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Bayern Munich, 2002/03–2005/06 | |||
| 2002/03 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 75 |
| 2003/04 | Bundesliga | 2nd of 18 | 68 |
| 2004/05 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 77 |
| 2005/06 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 75 |
| Chelsea F.C., 2006/07–2009/10 | |||
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | 83 |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | 85 |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 3rd of 20 | 83 |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 1st of 20 | 86 |
Only the seasons this archive holds are listed — it begins in 2000/01 and covers league matches in the five competitions named above, so a career that started earlier or ran through other leagues shows a gap here rather than a blank.
How this page is put together
The career table above is the structured record held on Wikidata under a public-domain licence, read once and cached, not queried while you are reading. The player is bound to that record by date of birth rather than by name: a name search returns the wrong Klose and three different Robinhos, and a page carrying somebody else’s links cannot afford that.
Compare any two clubs he played for with the head-to-head tool, or read the records these seasons feed into.
Frequently asked
When and where was Michael Ballack born?
26 September 1976, and holds Germany citizenship.
Which clubs did Michael Ballack play for?
7 on record: Chemnitzer FC, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Kaiserslautern II, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Chelsea F.C., Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
8 of them, at 2 clubs. The archive runs from 2000/01 and covers the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, so seasons outside that window or in other leagues are not counted.
How long did the career last?
From 1995 to 2012 on the club record here, 17 years across 7 clubs in 2 of the five leagues this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
Bundesliga, Premier League. Those are the ones his clubs played in during the seasons the archive holds; the rest of the career is listed above but has no placings beside it.
Where do these figures come from?
The career record is the structured data held for this player on Wikidata, which is public-domain. The league placings and points beside it are not: those are recalculated here from every individual result in the archive, which is why they can be compared with any other club or season on this site.