Biography

Kehl made his debut in club sports with the youth team of SV Lahrbach. He then moved to Borussia Fulda. After finishing school, he concentrated on his sports training. In 1998 he made it into the 2nd Bundesliga as a defender with Hannover 96. In the 1999/00 season he moved to the midfielder position at Hannover. At the same time, he asserted himself as a strong attacking play maker. Sebastian Kehl then made it into the 1st Bundesliga with SC Freiburg in the following 2000/01 season. During the 2001/02 season, Kehl moved to Borussia Dortmund, with whom he became one of the most popular players in the Bundesliga in the following years.

Here, in the position of midfielder, he also became a star kicker with international attention. On May 29, 2001, he made his national team debut in the match between Germany and Slovakia (2-0). In 2002 he won the German championship with Borussia Dortmund. In the same year, 2002, he took part in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea with the national team. In 2004, Kehl played for Germany at the European Championships in Portugal. Sebastian Kehl was again called up to the national team squad by national coach Jürgen Klinsmann for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

After the German national team won the World Cup on June 30, 2006 with a 5-3 victory. After reaching the semi-finals against Argentina, the team under captain Michael Ballack lost 0-2 goals in extra time against Italy on July 4, 2006. In the game for third place on July 8th in Stuttgart, the German team won 3-1 against Portugal. The triumph of the 2006 World Cup title went to Italy in the final on July 9th, to which France lost on penalties. In August 2006, Federal President Horst Köhler awarded the German national team the "Silver Laurel Leaf", the highest award that Germany can give to athletes.

In his private life, Sebastian Kehl is committed to social projects such as the "Roter Kiel" organization, which campaigns against child abuse. Programs to rehabilitate children who have fallen victim to sex tourism are financed.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth