Jens Nowotny

Jens Nowotny
Nowotny in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jens Daniel Nowotny[1]
Date of birth (1974-01-11) 11 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Malsch, West Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1979–1985 SV Spielberg
1985–1990 FC Germania Friedrichstal
1990–1991 Karlsruher SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Karlsruher SC 103 (7)
1996–2006 Bayer Leverkusen 231 (4)
2006–2007 Dinamo Zagreb 10 (0)
Total 344 (11)
International career
1994–1996 Germany U21 12 (0)
1997–2006 Germany 48 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jens Daniel Nowotny (born 11 January 1974) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He played in nearly 300 official games with Bayer Leverkusen in one full decade, helping them reach the 2002 Champions League final.

Internationally, Nowotny appeared for Germany in one World Cup and two European Championships, gaining 48 caps.

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.