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Andrew Drechsler
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Andrew Drechsler (born 24 August 1976) is an retired English internatonal footballer who spent 18 years playing football spending 1993-2000 at Borussia Dortmund and 2000-2011 at Arsenal. Drechsler notched up 86 caps for England scorig 14 goals after deciding to play for his maternal nationality. Drechsler scored 108 goals for Borussia Dortmund and scored the third goal in the UEFA Champions League final in 1997. After a loss of form, Drechsler was released by Dortmund in 2000 and signed on a free transfer with Arsenal going on to win two Premier League winners medals and three FA Cups as well as two Community Shields before retiring at the age of 35.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER
Although having the surname Drechsler, Andrew's mother and family is English and his father's side is German. His father wanted Drechsler to play for Germany but Andrew wanted to play for England. After a row with his father after call ups from both Germany and England in 1996, Drechsler pledged his international allegiance to the Three Lions and made his debut for England. Drechsler and his father became distant but reconciled in 2005 in which Drechsler quoted "After 10 years of me and my dad exchanging the silent treatment over football we both realised how stupid we were acting and he contacted me and we started talking again and we went for a drink and we started doing stuff together while I was injured. He was at the World Cup game between the Lions and the Germans, he was routing for his home country and I was playing for mine and he didn't rub it in when we lost." Drechsler ended his international career in a friendly match between England and Italy which England won 2-1 after Drechsler's winner in the 79th minute
MANAGERIAL CAREER
Now, you'd expect this story to begin with either Dortmund or Arsenal wouldn't ya, in management you can't immediately join a world-class club. The story starts in England, in League One, in Wolverhampton.
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Andrew Drechsler (born 24 August 1976) is an retired English internatonal footballer who spent 18 years playing football spending 1993-2000 at Borussia Dortmund and 2000-2011 at Arsenal. Drechsler notched up 86 caps for England scorig 14 goals after deciding to play for his maternal nationality. Drechsler scored 108 goals for Borussia Dortmund and scored the third goal in the UEFA Champions League final in 1997. After a loss of form, Drechsler was released by Dortmund in 2000 and signed on a free transfer with Arsenal going on to win two Premier League winners medals and three FA Cups as well as two Community Shields before retiring at the age of 35.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER
Although having the surname Drechsler, Andrew's mother and family is English and his father's side is German. His father wanted Drechsler to play for Germany but Andrew wanted to play for England. After a row with his father after call ups from both Germany and England in 1996, Drechsler pledged his international allegiance to the Three Lions and made his debut for England. Drechsler and his father became distant but reconciled in 2005 in which Drechsler quoted "After 10 years of me and my dad exchanging the silent treatment over football we both realised how stupid we were acting and he contacted me and we started talking again and we went for a drink and we started doing stuff together while I was injured. He was at the World Cup game between the Lions and the Germans, he was routing for his home country and I was playing for mine and he didn't rub it in when we lost." Drechsler ended his international career in a friendly match between England and Italy which England won 2-1 after Drechsler's winner in the 79th minute
MANAGERIAL CAREER
Now, you'd expect this story to begin with either Dortmund or Arsenal wouldn't ya, in management you can't immediately join a world-class club. The story starts in England, in League One, in Wolverhampton.
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