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{{short description|German footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Sebastian Deisler
| image          = Sebastian Deisler (Confed-Cup 2005) r.JPG
| image_size     =
| caption        = Deisler in 2005
| fullname       = Sebastian Toni Deisler<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=11145 | title = Sebastian Deisler | publisher=dfb.de | language = German | accessdate =8 October 2009}}</ref> 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1980|1|5|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Lörrach]], West Germany
| height         = 1.81 m
| position       = [[Right midfielder]], [[attacking midfielder]]
| youthyears1    = 1985–1988
| youthclubs1    = FV Tumringen
| youthyears2    = 1988–1990
| youthclubs2    = TuS Stetten
| youthyears3    = 1990–1995
| youthclubs3    = FV Lörrach
| youthyears4    = 1995–1998
| youthclubs4    = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| years1         = 1998–1999
| clubs1         = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| caps1          = 17
| goals1         = 1
| years2         = 1999–2002
| clubs2         = [[Hertha BSC]]
| caps2          = 56
| goals2         = 9
| years3         = 2002–2007
| clubs3         = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| caps3          = 62
| goals3         = 8
| totalcaps      = 135
| totalgoals     = 18
| nationalyears1 = 1999
| nationalteam1  = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U-21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2000–2006
| nationalteam2  = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps2  = 36
| nationalgoals2 = 3
}}

'''Sebastian Toni Deisler''' ({{IPA|de|zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈdaɪslɐ}}; born 5 January 1980) is a German former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[right midfielder]] and [[attacking midfielder]].

A [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] youth product, he played one season with the club during which it was relegated from the [[Bundesliga]]. He joined [[Hertha BSC]] in 1999 before leaving for [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in 2002. He also represented the [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]] between 2000 and 2006.

Having been hailed as the future of German football at the turn of the millennium, Deisler could never manage to reach his full potential due to several [[cruciate ligament]] ruptures and other major injuries, as well as [[Major depressive disorder|depression]]. Deisler retired from professional football in January 2007 at the age of 27.

==Club career==
===Borussia Mönchengladbach===
Deisler joined his first club, FV Turmringen, when he was six. At age 15, he was scouted and signed by the [[Bundesliga]] outfit [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] and played for the club at junior level from 1995 to 1998. He started his professional career at the club in 1998, making his Bundesliga debut against [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] on 8 September. During the [[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99 season]] he made 17 Bundesliga appearances and scoring one goal, in a 2–0 win over [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]. However the ''Foals'' finished in last place and were relegated to the [[2. Bundesliga|second division]].

===Hertha BSC===
As Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated at the end of the season, Deisler moved on to [[Hertha BSC]] for 4.5 million [[Deutschemark|DM]]. The [[Berlin]] club offered a participation in the [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League|1999–2000 Champions League]]. Although only 19 at his arrival and handicapped by a cruciate ligament rupture in 1999, Deisler established himself in the Hertha BSC midfield and was about to become [[Dariusz Wosz]]'s replacement as the central figure in Hertha's offence when he tore a [[synovial membrane]] in his right knee in October 2001 and missed the rest of the season.<ref name="Krankenakte">{{Cite news | title = Deislers Kranken-Akte | url = https://www.kicker.de/deislers-kranken-akte-360233/artikel | publisher=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | date = 16 January 2007 | access-date =10 December 2008}}</ref>

Almost simultaneously, German [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] ''[[Bild]]'' made known that an agreement had been reached between the player and [[FC Bayern Munich]]. Deisler was to join Bayern at the beginning of the [[2002–03 Bundesliga|2002–03 season]] and had received a sum of [[Deutsche Mark|DEM]] 20 million from the club. Deisler faced immense critique from the fans and the media for not having announced the agreement earlier as well as accepting the payment. Deisler later stated that he was asked to keep silent by the Hertha BSC manager [[Dieter Hoeneß]] to avoid unrest.<ref name="Dumm gelaufen">{{Cite news | title = Dumm gelaufen, oder? | url = http://www.tagesspiegel.de/zeitung/Sonntag-Sebastian-Deisler;art2566,2389712 | publisher=tagesspiegel.de | date = 30 September 2007 | accessdate =10 December 2008}}</ref>

During his time at Hertha, Deisler helped the club win the [[2001 DFB-Ligapokal]].

===Bayern Munich===
[[file:Deislertraining.JPG|thumb|left|Deisler during training with Bayern Munich, 2005]]
In July 2002, Deisler joined Bayern on a four-year contract. Deisler arrived at Bayern injured as he had injured his right knee the season before.<ref name="Krankenakte"/> Unfortunately, Deisler's time at the club was a turbulent one as Deisler only managed 62 league appearances in four and a half years.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/deislerdata.html | title = Sebastian Deisler - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 July 2015 | accessdate = 18 August 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> Due to his injuries, he was unable to establish himself as a constant starter over a longer period of time. At the same time, Deisler struggled to endure the pressure he was exposed to at Bayern<ref name="Dumm gelaufen"/> and developed a [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] for which he was treated as a stationary patient in a Munich clinic from November 2003. After several months, Deisler rejoined the squad, but suffered a relapse in October 2004.<ref name="Krankenakte"/>

Deisler looked to finally break into Bayern's first team from [[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]] on and was able to play for the most part of 2005. After [[Michael Ballack]]'s departure to [[Chelsea F. C.|Chelsea]], Deisler was about to become the chief in the Bayern midfield. However, he damaged the [[synovial membrane]] in his right knee again in March 2006<ref name="Krankenakte"/> and missed [[2006 FIFA World Cup|the World Cup]] on home soil. Although Deisler came back in November, he felt exhausted and, citing his lack of confidence in ever regaining the necessary stability in his often-injured knee, he announced his retirement on 16 January 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,459996,00.html | title = Fußball: Bayern-Profi Deisler beendet Karriere |work=Der Spiegel | accessdate =5 April 2008 | date = 16 January 2007 | language = German}}</ref> Bayern general manager [[Uli Hoeneß]] stated that Deisler's contract, which ran until 30 June 2009, would not be dissolved but instead be in abeyance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.persianfootball.com/readstory.php?storyid=20070116393621299967 |title=Injuries prompt Deisler to quit the game |publisher=persianfootball.com |accessdate=6 April 2008 |date=16 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104212003/http://www.persianfootball.com/readstory.php?storyid=20070116393621299967 |archivedate=4 January 2008 }}</ref> Deisler later stated that he came to the conclusion that he was not made for the football business.<ref name="Dumm gelaufen"/>

==International career==
Deisler played for the [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]] between 2000 and 2006, winning 36 international caps and scoring three goals. He made his debut for the team in a friendly match against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] on 23 February 2000 and was also part of the German squad at the [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]] finals four months later, appearing in all three group matches before the Germans disappointingly exited the competition in the first round. On 2 September 2000, he scored his first goal for Germany as he opened their 2–0 win over [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] qualifying.

Due to injuries, he missed both the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]s, the latter being held in Germany, as well as [[UEFA Euro 2004]]. In 2005, he appeared in all of the German team's five matches at the [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup]] in Germany. His last match for the Germany national team was a friendly against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] on 1 March 2006.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/deisler-intl.html | title = Sebastian Deisler - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 July 2015 | accessdate = 18 August 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Deisler has a Brazilian wife named Eunice dos Santos Santana. The couple have a son named Raphael.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.welt.de/lifestyle/article1139173/Dirndl-Revolte.html?nr=2&pbpnr=0 | publisher=welt.de | title = Dirndl-Revolte | accessdate = 5 April 2008 | language = German |date = 27 August 2007}}</ref>

The level of formal education he reached is [[Fachhochschule|technical college]]. He mentions basketball, food, music and movies as his hobbies.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/teams/profis/00377.php?fcb_sid= | title=Sebastian Deisler | accessdate = 5 April 2008 | publisher=FC Bayern Munich}}</ref>

In September 2007, Deisler stated that he was in the process of writing a book.<ref name="Dumm gelaufen"/> The book was released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=Sebastian+and+Deisler%26any&currentPosition=3 | title = Ergebnis der Suche nach: Sebastian and Deisler | website = Deutsche National Bibliothek | language = de | access-date = 22 June 2016}}</ref>
As of 2014, he lived in [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/sebastian-deisler-breno-und-co-diese-fussballer-waren-psychisch-erkrankt-iid-1.4655876 | title = Diese Fußballer in Deutschland waren psychisch erkrankt | website = RP Online | date = 9 November 2014 | language = de| access-date = 23 June 2016}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastian Deisler » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sebastian-deisler/2/ |publisher=World Football |accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club!!rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="3"|League!!colspan="2"|[[DFB-Pokal]]!!colspan="2"|[[DFB-Ligapokal]]!!colspan="2"|Continental!!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]||[[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99]]||[[Bundesliga]]
|17||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||1
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Hertha BSC]]||[[1999–2000 Hertha BSC season|1999–2000]]||Bundesliga
|20||2||1||0||3||0||9{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in the [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||0||33||2
|-
|[[2000–01 Bundesliga|2000–01]]||Bundesliga
|25||4||1||0||3||0||6{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in the [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||35||4
|-
|[[2001–02 Bundesliga|2001–02]]||Bundesliga
|11||3||1||0||3||1||1{{efn|name=UC}}||0||16||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!56!!9!!3!!0!!9!!1!!16!!0!!84!!10
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]||[[2002–03 FC Bayern Munich season|2002–03]]||Bundesliga
|8||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||10||0
|-
|[[2003–04 FC Bayern Munich season|2003–04]]||Bundesliga
|11||4||2||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||15||4
|-
|[[2004–05 FC Bayern Munich season|2004–05]]||Bundesliga
|23||4||4||0||2||2||5{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||34||6
|-
|[[2005–06 FC Bayern Munich season|2005–06]]||Bundesliga
|16||0||3||0||1||0||6{{efn|name=UCL}}||3||26||3
|-
|[[2006–07 FC Bayern Munich season|2006–07]]||Bundesliga
|4||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!62!!8!!11!!0!!4!!2!!13!!3!!90!!13
|-
|[[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]]||[[2003–04 Regionalliga|2003–04]]||[[Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)|Regionalliga Süd]]
|4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total!!139!!19!!16!!0!!13!!3!!29!!3!!197!!25
|}
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===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|id=2584|name=Sebastian Deisler|accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
!National team||Year||Apps||Goals
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Germany national football team|Germany]]
|2000||9||1
|-
|2001||7||1
|-
|2002||3||1
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||2||0
|-
|2005||13||0
|-
|2006||1||0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total!!36!!3
|}

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Deisler goal''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sebastian Deisler - International Appearances|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/deisler-intl.html}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Sebastian Deisler
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 2 September 2000 || [[Volksparkstadion]], [[Hamburg]], Germany || {{fb|GRE}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 24 March 2001 || [[BayArena]], [[Leverkusen]], Germany || {{fb|ALB}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1
|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|3 || 9 May 2002 || [[Schwarzwald-Stadion]], [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]], Germany || {{fb|KUW}} || align="center"|3–0 || align=center|7–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Hertha BSC'''
*[[DFB-Ligapokal]]: 2001

'''Bayern Munich'''<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/sebastian-deisler/2049/ | title = S. Deisler | publisher = Soccerway | accessdate = 19 September 2014}}</ref>
*[[Bundesliga]]: [[2002–03 Bundesliga|2002–03]], [[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Bundesliga|2005–06]]
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2002–03 DFB-Pokal|2002–03]], [[2004–05 DFB-Pokal|2004–05]], [[2005–06 DFB-Pokal|2005–06]]
*[[DFB-Ligapokal]]: 2004
'''Germany U18'''
*[[UEFA European Under-19 Championship|European Under-18 Football Championship]] runner-up: 1998<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/under19/history/season=1998/index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100513063439/http://www1.uefa.com/under19/history/season=1998/index.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 May 2010 | title = Ireland complete memorable double | publisher = [[UEFA]] | access-date = 19 September 2014}}</ref>

'''Germany'''
* [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] third place: [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/deislersebastian/2007/ | title = Sebastian Deisler | language = de | publisher = fussballdaten.de | accessdate = 19 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Fussballdaten|deislersebastian}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|sebastian-deisler}}
* {{NFT|2584}}
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/englandfootball/story/0,9565,541955,00.html Observer Sport Extra: Deisler the danger]

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