Another French youth international who was groomed at Le Havre, he started his professional career in Germany with Borussia Dortmund.
Unfortunately this was followed by the taste of disappointment as Liverpool were beaten 2–1 by Borussia Dortmund in the Cup Winners Cup at Hampden Park, Glasgow, the Reds first ever appearance in a European final
On match days of the Borussia Dortmund soccer club the line ends instead of the regular terminus Westfalenhallen at the Westfalenstadion station, which is only open on these occasions.
On 19 October 2011 Modesto scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League, in a 3–1 group stage home win against Borussia Dortmund.
He, however, missed the European Cup Winners Cup final, which Liverpool lost 2-1 to Borussia Dortmund at Hampden Park, through an injury that he picked up in the semi-final second leg win over Celtic.
Although never a first team regular, he came on as a substitute in the 2002 UEFA Cup final 3–2 win against German team Borussia Dortmund.
While at Feyenoord, Van Wonderen won the Dutch league in 1999 and the UEFA Cup 2001-02, as the Dutch beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the final at De Kuip.
After capturing international attention for his World Cup 2006 debut, Kalynychenko was linked with clubs such as Manchester United, Valencia C.F., Borussia Dortmund and most recently, Wigan Athletic.
He quickly became a permanent starter in his first season and went on to play in the UEFA Cup-winning side that beat Borussia Dortmund in 1993.
He only came on as a late substitute in the final that Juventus lost to Borussia Dortmund.
His private investment office includes the "Dr. Elsässer Beteiligungsgesellschaft Nr II mbH" which in 2003 bought a major stockholding in one of the top German soccer teams, Borussia Dortmund from Deutsche Bank.
His first European goal for Olympiakos came in a Champions League home win (3–1) against Borussia Dortmund.
He signed with Feyenoord in the summer the club had just become Dutch league champion, however during the period he was with the club, between 1999 and 2003, Feyenoord failed to win any domestic title, but 2002 was an outstanding year when they won the UEFA Cup by beating Borussia Dortmund in the final.
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Mikson was the father of Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, who played for Celtic F.C. in the seventies, and Atli Eðvaldsson, former player for Borussia Dortmund and player and coach of the Icelandic national football team.
Born in Kumasi, Tanko joined German side BV Borussia Dortmund from King Faisal Babes at age 17, making him the third youngest player to appear professionally for the team, behind Nuri Şahin and Lars Ricken.
During his youth career he played for SC Preußen Münster, but he later transferred to the youth team of Borussia Dortmund, until, at seventeen, he signed his first professional contract.
During the January 2011 transfer window, he spent some time with Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund in hopes of signing his first professional contract.
In 1999, German club VfB Stuttgart signed him for 2.2 million dollars, because they hoped he could fill the gap caused by Fredi Bobic, who had left Stuttgart for fellow German club Borussia Dortmund, but he was only substituted in twice, and because he always felt bad, he was finally forced to go into a medical control.