Next player is "New Emperor" of German Soccer world, Michael Ballack who succeed to "Emperor" Beckenbauer.
He was born in East Germany and he successed in West Germany. In World Cup 2002 Korea/Japan, he contributed to German 2nd place as the lead of "offense" with the lead of "defense" Oliver Kahn. But he could only see the final match out of the ground because of his 2nd yellow card in semi-final. "Little Emperor", the title for him right after World Cup 2002 was changed into "New Emperor" currently, and he is the man of Germany who is the best player in Germany in both name and reality. As a proof of this, he received German Player of the year 3 times in 2002, 2003, and 2005. It was also decided that he would transfer to Chelsea that won 2 consecutive championship in England Premiere League.
Compared with other European big countries in Soccer, the rate of German players who play in their home country league is quite high, so the evaluation in Germany can't be connected to the evaluation in Europe. If he played not in Germany "Football-Bundesliga" which is not highly focused, but in England's "FA Premier League", Spain's "Liga Espanola", or Italy's "Serie A", which are most popular soccer league in the world, he might get the same evaluation with Ronaldinho.
His play style symbolizes traditional Germany soccer style. It doesn't focus on technique but on simple-&-sturdy style.
His position is Mid-Field. He plays the role of connection between defense and offense, he has a lot of stamina, and he also controls the game with accurate pass to the forward. This is already enough but there is another factor that he is called as "Emperor".
That is a long and middle shoot. This is his final weapon and it is also the bigest source of German goals. He gets goals from middle or long range in high accuracy. Besides, he is also good at heading shoot. Actually, he got goals in these pattern in World Cup 2002.
If he could get the 4th championship as a host country with chagrin that he hadn't participate in final in 2002, it is possible that he achieves the MVP of this World Cup, European Best Player of the Year, and FIFA World Player of the Year.
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