Mike Hanke (; born 5 November 1983) is a German former professional

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who played the position of forward. He has been described as a player who "gives it his all in attack and is always dangerous in the opponent's penalty area." He earned 17 caps for the Germany national team between 2005 and 2007, and was in the teams which finished third at the 2005 Confederations Cup and

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on home soil.

Club career

Hanke was born in Hamm. He made his debut in the 2001–02 season of the German

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for

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. He was transferred to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

during the 2005–06 season upon request by then Wolfsburg manager Thomas Strunz. In May 2007, Hanke moved to

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

, and netted eleven league goals, while the side achieved a midtable final position. After three and a half seasons with Hannover 96, he transferred to

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

. On 31 May 2013, Hanke joined

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

on a free transfer. He said "It's a great package here in Freiburg. I had spoken to Christian Streich beforehand and got to know the place, and I think I'll fit in well here, the opportunity to play in Europe again certainly attracted me, but I also see it as my duty to help the younger players achieve their potential.' On 8 July 2014, Hanke transferred to

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side Guizhou Renhe. After half a year, he returned to Germany.

International career

Hanke was first capped for the Germany national team on 8 June 2005, in a 2–2 friendly draw against

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. He replaced Gerald Asamoah after 62 minutes. In his second game, on 18 June against

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in the group stage of the

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, he came on for

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in the 87th minute. One minute later, he scored his only international goal, the last one in a 3–0 victory. He made his first start in the third-place play-off against

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on 29 June, but was sent off in the 53rd minute. He was a member of the German squad for the

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, but missed the first two group stage matches due to the red card received in the Confederations Cup. He appeared as a substitute in Germany's 3–1 win over

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in the third-place play-off, replacing

after 71 minutes. Hanke appeared in three of Germany's qualifiers for

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, earning the last of 12 caps on 17 November 2007 in a 4–0 home win over

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Personal life

Hanke is allergic to

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. He gets blisters and sore skin from contact with grass.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hanke goal.''

Honours

Schalke 04 *

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: 2001–02 *

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Germany *

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third Place:

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third Place:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Individual * Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanke, Mike 1983 births Living people Footballers from Hamm German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Hammer SpVg players Borussia Mönchengladbach players FC Schalke 04 II players FC Schalke 04 players VfL Wolfsburg players Hannover 96 II players Hannover 96 players SC Freiburg players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Bundesliga players Chinese Super League players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China 21st-century German sportsmen