11 Facts About Christoph Metzelder

Christoph Metzelder did manage to appear 47 times for the Germany national team, representing the country at two World Cups and Euro 2008.

On 18 April 2007, after failing to renew his contract at Borussia, Christoph Metzelder transferred to Real Madrid at the end of the season on a free transfer.

Christoph Metzelder left Real Madrid after his contract expired on 30 June 2010.

On 27 April 2010, prior to the end of the campaign, Christoph Metzelder announced his return to Germany, agreeing on a three-year contract with FC Schalke 04, with which he had already played youth football 15 years earlier.

Christoph Metzelder appeared in ten complete matches in the season's Champions League, in an eventual last-four run.

Christoph Metzelder added five in the domestic cup victorious campaign, including the semi-finals against FC Bayern Munich and the final against MSV Duisburg.

In May 2013,32-year-old Christoph Metzelder announced his retirement from professional football at the end of the campaign.

Christoph Metzelder's younger brother, Malte, was a footballer, and both played for Borussia Dortmund.

Christoph Metzelder was being investigated for the potential distribution of child pornography, which led him to step down from his role as president of his former club TuS Haltern am See in September 2019.

The statement mentioned nearly 300 media files with child pornographic content having been found on Christoph Metzelder's confiscated cell phone.

Christoph Metzelder's trial was on 29 April 2021 and he was sentenced to a ten-month suspended prison sentence for owning and distributing child pornography.