Stefan Effenberg (born August 2, 1968 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a former German soccer player. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The smaller Alster lake at dusk Hamburg (German pronounciation: []; Low German: Hamborg, [haˑmbɔːχ]) is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port, Hamburg is also the second largest port city in the European Union. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

On the club level, Effenberg played for Borussia Mönchengladbach (1987-90 and 1994-98), Bayern Munich (1990-92 and 1998-2002), AC Fiorentina (1992-94), and VfL Wolfsburg (2002-03). He finished his career playing in Qatar. Borussia Mönchengladbach, often shortened to Gladbach, is a German football club that plays in the Bundesliga, is based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia and is one of the countrys most well-known, best-supported, and successful teams. ... FC Bayern Munich (German: FC Bayern München) is a German football club based in Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria. ... ACF Fiorentina is an Italian football club based in Florence (Firenze), Tuscany. ... VfL Wolfsburg is a football club that is based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ...

Effenberg compiled 35 caps and scored three goals for the German national team. He was the captain of Bayern Munich when they won the UEFA Champions League in 2001, his elegant and seemingly lazy style of play will always be his mark in Football. What he will be remembered most for, however, is showing the finger to the whistling crowd during a 1994 FIFA World Cup match versus South Korea. Due to this rude gesture coach Berti Vogts and the DFB sacked Effenberg and he had to leave the national squad right after the match. Even today performing this gesture is often called in Germany "showing / doing the Effenberg". First international Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) Largest win Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) Worst defeat England 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 European Championship Appearances 9... This article is about the gesture. ... Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the USA was won by Brazil who beat Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the game and extra time ended 0-0. ... Berti Vogts (6. ... DFB, or Dem Franchize Boyz, is a hip-hop group. ...

In the late 1990s Effenberg was rarely out of the tabloids when he left his wife Martina and pinched Claudia, who at that time was the wife of former team mate Thomas Strunz. Later Effenberg published a controversial autobiography, notorious for its blatant contents and the poor language it was written in. Claudia Strunz and Effenberg were married in 2004. Thomas Strunz (born April 25, 1968) is a former German football (soccer) player. ...