Andreas Beck

Andreas Beck was born on 13 March 1987 in Kemerovo, Russia.

In 1990, Andreas’ family moved to Germany, when the boy was three years old. The boy began his football career at DJK-SG Wasseralfingen. In 1995 the family moved again, that is why the footballer started training in SVH Königsbronn, Thereafter he transferred to VfB Stuttgart, it was his first professional club.

In 2005, Beck undersigned a contract with the club. In February 2006, Andreas made his debut for VfB Stuttgart in the game against Arminia Bielefeld. Five days later he debuted on the European level coming in as a substitute in the round of the UEFA Cup against the Middlesbrough.

The footballer failed to assure a starting eleven spot for FC Stuttgart, and was determined to find a new target club for himself and joined 1899 Hoffenheim for the fee amounting to three million euros. It happened on 4 July 2008. He immediately became an important player. Andreas debuted for Hoffenheim in a DFB-Pokalcup and his team won 1-0 against Chemnitzer in August 2008. The footballer made his first league appearance for Hoffenheim in a 3-0 victory over Energie Cottbus in August 2008. Joining the club, Beck displayed himself as a team key player of the club. In his first season, Beck made 30 league appearances and had 2 assists.

In the 2010/2011 season, Beck was appointed as a new captain for the squad. He performed in his first match as a captain in August 2011. The club won 4-0 against Hansa Rostock in the DFB-Pokal.

In February 2007, he appeared in his first game for the U-21 squad in the match against Italy, having participated in three more games for the youth teams U-19 and U-18.

In view of his good statistics at Hoffenheim, Andreas was called up to the German national team and debuted against Norway.

At international level his greatest success was the UEFA European U-21 Championship 2009 in Sweden. His goal against Italy saw the German squad through to the final of the tournament.