Albert Streit (born Albert Ursachi 28 March 1980 in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
) is a
Romanian-German former professional
footballer.
Career
Streit signed a three-year contract with
Eintracht Frankfurt following the relegation of his previous team,
1. FC Köln, on 9 May 2006.
At the end of the season of 2006–07, he announced that had come to an agreement about his move to
Schalke. Eintracht manager
Friedhelm Funkel
Friedhelm Funkel (born 10 December 1953) is a German football manager and former player, who last managed 1. FC Köln.
Coaching career Early career
Funkel was manager of Duisburg between 13 May 1996 and 24 March 2000. He finished with a record o ...
benched him for a few matches, arguing Streit was not training well. After an accord between Streit and Eintracht executive
Heribert Bruchhagen he would have been allowed to move to Schalke if Streit would play hard in the final matches. The transfer finally failed because Schalke executive
Andreas Müller refused to pay more than
€2 million and Eintracht clearly turned down the offer.
Streit has repeatedly stated that his performances would be worthy to a call up for
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, but
Joachim Löw
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has so far refused to nominate him.
In October 2007, Eintracht chairman
Heribert Bruchhagen offered him an improved two-year contract, but Streit announced on 12 November that he signed a four-year contract for
Schalke beginning in summer of 2008. But in December 2007, Eintracht Frankfurt agreed to a prematurely move of Streit to Schalke in January 2008.
In January 2009, Streit was thrown out of the squad of the first team of Schalke. He had to play for the second team of Schalke in the
Regionalliga. He joined Hamburger SV on 2 February 2009 on loan until the end of the season. After his return in July 2009, he was demoted to the
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
from
FC Schalke 04. His contract ended on 30 June 2012.
In December 2011 and after his former coach
Friedhelm Funkel
Friedhelm Funkel (born 10 December 1953) is a German football manager and former player, who last managed 1. FC Köln.
Coaching career Early career
Funkel was manager of Duisburg between 13 May 1996 and 24 March 2000. He finished with a record o ...
took over in
Alemannia Aachen, it was announced that Streit will join the club until the end of the season.
On 6 January 2014, Streit cancelled the contract with Viktoria Köln. He signed for
Fortuna Köln shortly afterwards, and helped them win promotion to the
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...
before retiring at the end of the 2013–14 season.
Personal life
Streit was born in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, Romania to Călin Ursachi and Renate Streit, he later took his mother's last name when his parents divorced.
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
VfL Wolfsburg players
1. FC Köln players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Eintracht Frankfurt II players
FC Schalke 04 players
Hamburger SV players
FC Schalke 04 II players
Alemannia Aachen players
FC Viktoria Köln players
SC Fortuna Köln players
German men's footballers
Germany men's B international footballers
Germany men's youth international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Footballers from Bucharest
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
German people of German-Romanian descent
Romanian people of German descent
Romanian emigrants to Germany
Citizens of Germany through descent