Steffen Ewald Hamann (born 14 June 1981) is a former German professional

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player. He played at the

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position. Hamann was also a member of the

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Professional career

Hamann started his professional career in 1998 at

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's development team TSV Tröster Breitengüßbach. One year later he was a member of the first team

where he played until 2006. From 2006 to 2007 he played on season for Climamio Bologna in Italian

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. After his short stint in

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he returned to

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in January where he played the rest of the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. In 2008 he joined

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where he played until 2010. In 2010 he signed with

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

and became the captain of the team. He played there until 2014. In his last season he led Bayern together with star player Malcolm Delaney to its first championship since 1955 and to the

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Top 16 stage. For those achievements the club retired his No. 6 after the season. In his last professional season he played for

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in German second division

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National team career

Hamann, the former

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of the senior German national team, made his national team debut on 22 January 2003, in a game against

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. He played at the

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 ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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s; and at the

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 ...

and

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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s. In

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, he led the German team, together with 13-time

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, to their first

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since the

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. In all competitions, he averaged 5.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 2 assists per game.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 7 , , 3 , , 15.5 , , .500 , , .333 , , .889 , , 1.6 , , 2.6 , , .6 , , .1 , , 4.7 , , 5.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , style="text-align:left;",

, 14 , , 14 , , 26.9 , , .471 , , .324 , , .758 , , 1.9 , , 2.6 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 8.7 , , 6.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;",

, 15 , , 15 , , 17.5 , , .567 , , .320 , , .800 , , 1.4 , , 1.3 , , 1.1 , , .0 , , 4.9 , , 4.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;",

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Professional career

National team career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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