Ulf Kirsten was born on 4 December 1965 and is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
11 Facts About Ulf Kirsten
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Ulf Kirsten began playing football for local team BSG Chemie Riesa in 1972.
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Ulf Kirsten joined BSG Stahl Riesa in 1978 before joining the youth academy of Dynamo Dresden in 1979.
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Ulf Kirsten played 154 matches and scored 57 goals for Dynamo Dresden in the DDR-Oberliga.
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Ulf Kirsten became the Footballer of the Year in East Germany in 1990.
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Ulf Kirsten therefore had an unusually low centre of gravity, which enabled him to protect the ball in the box against much bigger defenders and turn around quickly for close-range shots.
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Ulf Kirsten was one of the first East German footballers to enter the Bundesliga after the German reunification.
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Ulf Kirsten established himself as one of the most dangerous strikers in the Bundesliga, but Bayer Leverkusen regularly ended as runner-up to either Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund.
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Ulf Kirsten played in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final.
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Ulf Kirsten scored a total of 34 international goals, 14 of them for East Germany.
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Ulf Kirsten's son Benjamin is a footballer, and has played as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Dresden and NEC.