22 year old defensive midfielder with 30 appearances for Hannover 96. Schmiedebach grew up bilingual, speaking German and Spanish. His mother is Colombian-Venezuelan and came to Berlin over two decades ago. His father Helmuth has Irish roots while his grandfather is Moroccan.
http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/ma...3306.bild.html
Any FAI staff around to look into this?
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
Id love for the fai to sound out decent players like this playing in a country other than England, but it will never happen i fear. I will ask my family in Germany about him and let ye know the report
Irish roots could be a log way back. Unless his Grandad was a brickie in the 80's, seems unlikely though.
More importantly how did he come across this.
Did you type "irish roots" in google<insert_language_here> translator and then use it in google.<insert_postfix_countries_address_here>
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Was looking up about Felix Magath and ended up with this lad.
Last edited by TrapAPony; 05/09/2011 at 6:03 PM.
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
Amusing translation of a Bild.de piece on him:
Dreams of playing for Germany, apparently.He is the whiz kid in the whiz: Manuel Schmiedebach (22) is the man in Hanover's midfielder headquarters is located at No. 3 with 96 - Course Champions League.
Schmiedebach? The Berlin (example: Zidane) has won since 2008 in Hannover, under coach Mirko Slomka a regular place. Slomka says: "Manu is driven workflows incredibly strong, stubborn, cheeky, strong in the tackle."
A crazy guy! Schmiedebach catch a bus or train to train, because he has no driver's license. Manu grin: "I've even started, just had to take the examination. But I was too lazy to speak up. "
He dreams of playing for Germany, but he grew up bilingual (Spanish / German): Mama Betty's Columbian came to Berlin 25 years ago. Papa Heinz has Irish ancestors, the grandpa is Moroccan.
I have dreams of playing Madison Square Garden though Danny.
"My mother is Colombian. She emigrated with my grandmother as a child in Venezuela. My grandpa is Moroccan with Portuguese ancestry. My dad is German, with Irish ancestry."
http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fu...9460.bild.html
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
"Irish ancestry" rather than "an Irish parent" would suggest it may well be a few generations back.
I would have been more optimistic if his name was Manuel O'Schmiedebach
How the hell do you find info on his roots.
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
A couple of years ago both his goalkeeper and captain committed suicide shortly after he started playing!!
Who was his captain? I'm guessing the keeper was Robert Enke. Or was Enke both captain and keeper?
It seems he was both keeper and captain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Schmiedebach
"In a difficult season due to the suicide of the team's goalkeeper and captain Robert Enke", I misunderstood it, although maybe it is open to interpretation, I guess there would need to be a comma after goalkeeper for it to be two separate people.
Completed 90 minutes tonight for Hanover. Anyone find out if he was eligible or is he another Franck Queudrue?
Google tells me this is his Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/MSchmiedebach33
But Twitter tells me the page doesn't exist.
Edit: Here's another profile: https://twitter.com/SchmiedebachH96
His official one, apparently, although he doesn't appear to put it to much use.
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 17/04/2014 at 9:46 PM.
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