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Biography of Oliver Neuville - Soccer
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Oliver Neuville (born May 1, 1973 in Locarno, Switzerland) is a Swiss-Germany|German football (soccer)|football striker. Neuville started his career in his native Switzerland with Servette FC|Servette (1992-96). He also played in Spain for CD Tenerife|Tenerife (1996-97), before moving to Germany to FC Hansa Rostock|Hansa Rostock (1997-99), Bayer Leverkusen (1999-2004), and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2004-). After electing to represent Germany national football team|Germany internationally, he played in the squad that finished second at the Wc|2002, scoring a goal in the second round against Paraguay national football team|Paraguay. Since his debut against Malta national football team|Malta on September 2, 1998, he has scored a total of four goals from 48 international appearances. In 2004, he scored an infamous hand goal against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, which was widely reviled and got him a two-match ban. ==External links== * http://www.oliverneuville.de/ www.oliverneuville.de (in German). footybio-stub
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