Michael Ratajczak

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Place in overall rating 10805 of 12842

Place in club Duisburg 13 of 14

Place in country Germany 362 of 512

Place in category goalkeeper 1370 of 1548

Place among goalkeepers in club Duisburg 3 of 3

Place among goalkeepers in country Germany 41 of 81

Personal info

Name: Michael Ratajczak

Age: 42 years (15 April 1982)

Stature: 187 cm

Weight: 85 kg

Nationality:

Germany

Status

Role: goalkeeper / edit.

Club: Duisburg / edit.

Michael Ratajczak. Biography

Michael Ratajczak is a German goalkeeper born on 16 April 1982 in Herne. He currently plays for the Greek side Asteras Tripoli.

Michael started out his youth career at FC Schalke 04 in 1994 before joining Borussia Dortmund youth system in 1996. In 2002, he signed his first professional contract with the club but was never to play for Dortmund’s first team. Ratajczak only featured in 18 matches of the reserve squad in the 2002/03 season. In 2003, a promising player moved to Rot Weiss Ahlen from lower division but played only 7 games for two seasons. In between 2005 and 2007, he made 29 appearances for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.

In 2007, Ratajczak enjoyed better fortune signing for Bundesliga top-flight club Fortuna Düsseldorf. Overall, the goalkeeper made 78 league appearances for the club for a five-year stint. In June 2012, he moved to Greece and joined Asteras Tripoli.