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Michael Ratajczak

Michael Ratajczak

Goalkeeper  at Retired
Age44
CitizenshipGermany
Height1.88 m
Footright
BornApril 16, 1982
👕200+ Apps ⏳Veteran
Market value —
Goalkeeper

Career snapshot

13
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0
goals / match
MSV Duisburg
top club · 112 apps

Career highs

€1.00m
peak value · 2010
—
top transfer fee
—
best season
—
int'l / penalties

Born the same day

Vitaliy Lysytskyi
Defender - Centre-Back · Retired
Anthony Elding
Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired
Gustaf Segerström
Defender - Centre-Back · Retired
Chris Giles
Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Shares 1982-04-16 · 4 players total

367Appearances
0Goals
0Assists
10Yellow cards
0Red cards
363Full matches (90′)
Full nameMichael Ratajczak
Date of birth1982-04-16 (44 yrs)
Place of birthHerne, Germany
CitizenshipGermany
PositionGoalkeeper
Footright
Height188.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2021-07-01
Contract expires—
Jul 2021
Transfer: Hannover 96 → Retired
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Hannover 96
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2020
Injury: unknown
Jan 2020
Transfer: SC Paderborn → Hannover 96
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Hannover 96, SC Paderborn 07
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — SC Paderborn 07
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — SC Paderborn 07
14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2017
Transfer: Without Club → SC Paderborn
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — SC Paderborn 07
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: MSV Duisburg → Without Club
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — MSV Duisburg
34 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — MSV Duisburg
40 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Sep 2013
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2013
Transfer: White Star → MSV Duisburg
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — MSV Duisburg
38 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Without Club → WhiteStar Woluwe
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — White Star Woluwe FC
12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: F. Düsseldorf → Without Club
12/13 · Transfer
Aug 2011
Injury: unknown
Jul 2011
11/12 — Fortuna Düsseldorf
28 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Fortuna Düsseldorf, Fortuna Düsseldorf II
17 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Fortuna Düsseldorf
34 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Fortuna Düsseldorf, Fortuna Düsseldorf II
12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Fortuna Düsseldorf, Fortuna Düsseldorf II
16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: Rot-Weiß Erfurt → F. Düsseldorf
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2006
06/07 — Rot-Weiß Erfurt II, Rot-Weiß Erfurt
25 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Rot-Weiß Erfurt II
16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
Transfer: LR Ahlen → Rot-Weiß Erfurt
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — LR Ahlen, LR Ahlen II
18 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — LR Ahlen, LR Ahlen II
16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2003
Transfer: B. Dortmund II → LR Ahlen
03/04 · Transfer
Jul 2002
02/03 — Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund II
18 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund II
12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2001
Transfer: B. Dortmund U19 → B. Dortmund II
01/02 · Transfer
Jul 2000
00/01 — Borussia Dortmund
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1999
Transfer: B. Dortmund U17 → B. Dortmund U19
99/00 · Transfer
Jul 1998
98/99 — Borussia Dortmund U17
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 1997
Transfer: Dortmund Yth. → B. Dortmund U17
97/98 · Transfer
Jul 1996
Transfer: Schalke 04 Yth. → Dortmund Yth.
96/97 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 336 other Goalkeepers with ≥500 minutes in 98/99. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals0 total · 0.00/90
0
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A0 total · 0.00/90
0
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
54
Clean sheets1 total · 1.00/90
3
32,683 min
Minutes played by club
Borussia Dortmund U17 0.6%
Hannover 96 1.2%
SC Paderborn 07 5.9%
MSV Duisburg 30.8%
White Star Woluwe FC 3.3%
Fortuna Düsseldorf 23.4%
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 5.8%
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 8.4%
Rot-Weiß Erfurt II 3.0%
LR Ahlen 1.9%
LR Ahlen II 7.4%
Borussia Dortmund 0.0%
Borussia Dortmund II 8.2%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Borussia Dortmund U17 1 98/99 98/99 2 0 0 180
Hannover 96 2 19/20 20/21 5 0 0 405
SC Paderborn 07 4 16/17 19/20 24 0 0 1,937
MSV Duisburg 3 13/14 15/16 112 0 0 10,078
White Star Woluwe FC 1 12/13 12/13 12 0 0 1,080
Fortuna Düsseldorf 5 07/08 11/12 86 0 0 7,658
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 3 07/08 10/11 21 0 0 1,890
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2 05/06 06/07 30 0 0 2,730
Rot-Weiß Erfurt II 2 05/06 06/07 11 0 0 990
LR Ahlen 2 03/04 04/05 7 0 0 630
LR Ahlen II 2 03/04 04/05 27 0 0 2,430
Borussia Dortmund 3 00/01 02/03 0 0 0 0
Borussia Dortmund II 2 01/02 02/03 30 0 0 2,675

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

0€250K1€500K1€750K1€1M04/0505/0606/0707/0808/0909/1010/1111/1212/1313/1414/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2004/05 — €350K05/06 — €250K06/07 — €100K07/08 — €100K08/09 — €150K09/10 — €550K10/11 — €1M11/12 — €600K12/13 — €800K13/14 — €250K14/15 — €250K15/16 — €250K16/17 — €250K17/18 — €150K18/19 — €100K19/20 — €100KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 0001/0202/03: 0002/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2198/99: 0098/99

Assists by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 0001/0202/03: 0002/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2198/99: 0098/99
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
98/99 U17-Champ. Borussia Dortmund U17 2 0 0 0 0 180
20/21 2. Bundesliga Hannover 96 3 0 0 0 0 225
20/21 DFB-Pokal Hannover 96 1 0 0 0 0 90
19/20 2. Bundesliga Hannover 96 1 0 0 0 0 90
19/20 Bundesliga SC Paderborn 07 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 DFB-Pokal SC Paderborn 07 0 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 2. Bundesliga SC Paderborn 07 2 0 0 0 0 64
18/19 DFB-Pokal SC Paderborn 07 3 0 0 0 0 270
17/18 3. Liga SC Paderborn 07 4 0 0 0 0 292
17/18 DFB-Pokal SC Paderborn 07 4 0 0 0 0 360
17/18 Westfalenpokal SC Paderborn 07 6 0 0 0 0 540
16/17 3. Liga SC Paderborn 07 2 0 0 0 0 111
16/17 Westfalenpokal SC Paderborn 07 3 0 0 0 0 300
15/16 2. Bundesliga MSV Duisburg 33 0 0 1 0 2,970
15/16 DFB-Pokal MSV Duisburg 1 0 0 0 0 90
14/15 3. Liga MSV Duisburg 36 0 0 0 0 3,233
14/15 DFB-Pokal MSV Duisburg 2 0 0 0 0 210
14/15 Niederrheinpokal MSV Duisburg 2 0 0 0 0 180
13/14 3. Liga MSV Duisburg 33 0 0 0 0 2,915
13/14 DFB-Pokal MSV Duisburg 1 0 0 0 0 90
13/14 Niederrheinpokal MSV Duisburg 4 0 0 0 0 390
12/13 Belgacom League White Star Woluwe FC 6 0 0 2 0 540
12/13 Endrunde Jupiler Pro League White Star Woluwe FC 6 0 0 1 0 540
11/12 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 23 0 0 0 0 2,003
11/12 Bundesliga Playoffs Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 0 0 0 0 180
11/12 DFB-Pokal Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 0 0 0 0 300
10/11 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 15 0 0 0 0 1,350
10/11 DFB-Pokal Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 0 0 0 0 90
10/11 RL West Fortuna Düsseldorf II 1 0 0 1 0 90
09/10 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 0 0 0 0 3,015
09/10 DFB-Pokal Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 3. Liga Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Niederrheinpokal Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 NRW-Liga Fortuna Düsseldorf II 12 0 0 0 0 1,080
07/08 Niederrheinpokal Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 0 0 0 0 180
07/08 Oberliga Nordrhein Fortuna Düsseldorf II 8 0 0 0 0 720
07/08 Regionalliga Nord Fortuna Düsseldorf 6 0 0 0 0 540
06/07 NOFV-Oberliga Süd Rot-Weiß Erfurt II 6 0 0 1 0 540
06/07 Regionalliga Nord Rot-Weiß Erfurt 19 0 0 1 0 1,710
05/06 DFB-Pokal Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1 0 0 0 0 120
05/06 NOFV-Oberliga Süd Rot-Weiß Erfurt II 5 0 0 1 0 450
05/06 Regionalliga Nord Rot-Weiß Erfurt 10 0 0 0 0 900
04/05 2. Bundesliga LR Ahlen 4 0 0 0 0 360
04/05 DFB-Pokal LR Ahlen 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Oberliga Westfalen LR Ahlen II 14 0 0 0 0 1,260
03/04 2. Bundesliga LR Ahlen 3 0 0 1 0 270
03/04 Oberliga Westfalen LR Ahlen II 13 0 0 0 0 1,170
02/03 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Champions League Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Regionalliga Nord Borussia Dortmund II 18 0 0 0 0 1,595
01/02 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Oberliga Westfalen Borussia Dortmund II 12 0 0 0 0 1,080
01/02 UEFA Cup Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 DFB-Pokal Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
96/97 1996-07-01 Schalke 04 Yth. Dortmund Yth. Transfer 0 —
97/98 1997-07-01 Dortmund Yth. B. Dortmund U17 Transfer 0 —
99/00 1999-07-01 B. Dortmund U17 B. Dortmund U19 Transfer 0 —
01/02 2001-07-01 B. Dortmund U19 B. Dortmund II Transfer 0 —
03/04 2003-07-01 B. Dortmund II LR Ahlen Transfer 0 —
05/06 2005-07-01 LR Ahlen Rot-Weiß Erfurt Transfer 350000 —
07/08 2007-07-01 Rot-Weiß Erfurt F. Düsseldorf Transfer 100000 —
12/13 2012-07-01 F. Düsseldorf Without Club Transfer 450000 —
12/13 2013-01-31 Without Club WhiteStar Woluwe Transfer 250000 —
13/14 2013-07-18 White Star MSV Duisburg Transfer 250000 —
16/17 2016-07-01 MSV Duisburg Without Club Transfer 200000 —
16/17 2017-01-19 Without Club SC Paderborn Transfer 200000 —
19/20 2020-01-27 SC Paderborn Hannover 96 Transfer 100000 —
21/22 2021-07-01 Hannover 96 Retired Transfer 0 —
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
11/12 Virus 2011-08-09 2011-08-12 4 0
13/14 Adductor injury 2013-09-01 2013-09-20 20 4
19/20 Quarantine 2020-03-12 2020-03-26 15 0
Current€100k
Peak€1.00m
Low—
Δ since start−€250k
—€250k€500k€750k€1.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Thomas Meißner 2 0 0
Nico Klotz 2 0 0

Teams faced most often by Michael Ratajczak's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
FC St. Pauli 38 17 9 12 48 43 +5 45%
1. FC Nürnberg 38 15 5 18 53 63 -10 39%
SV Sandhausen 36 15 11 10 51 44 +7 42%
VfL Bochum 36 11 11 14 46 56 -10 31%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 36 10 13 13 56 64 -8 28%
1. FC Kaiserslautern 33 15 9 9 50 43 +7 45%
Erzgebirge Aue 32 18 8 6 58 28 +30 56%
Dynamo Dresden 32 11 8 13 40 44 -4 34%
Jahn Regensburg 32 12 7 13 43 46 -3 38%
1. FC Union Berlin 32 9 11 12 37 47 -10 28%
Hamburger SV 31 10 6 15 41 47 -6 32%
Holstein Kiel 30 8 8 14 37 53 -16 27%

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
19/20 1 90 1 0 0 1
15/16 34 3,060 1 0 0 0.03
12/13 12 1,080 3 0 0 0.25
10/11 17 1,530 1 0 0 0.06
06/07 25 2,250 2 0 0 0.08
05/06 16 1,470 1 0 0 0.06
03/04 16 1,440 1 0 0 0.06

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

SeasonMatchesMinsClean sheetsCS %Goals concededGC / 90′
98/99 2 180 1 50% 3 1.5
20/21 4 315 1 25% 5 1.43
19/20 1 90 0 0% 2 2
18/19 5 334 2 40% 3 0.81
17/18 14 1,192 7 50% 14 1.06
16/17 5 411 3 60% 2 0.44
15/16 34 3,060 5 15% 59 1.74
14/15 40 3,623 17 43% 36 0.89
13/14 38 3,395 15 39% 38 1.01
12/13 12 1,080 4 33% 21 1.75
11/12 28 2,483 9 32% 25 0.91
10/11 17 1,530 4 24% 21 1.24
09/10 34 3,015 15 44% 31 0.93
08/09 12 1,080 6 50% 13 1.08
07/08 16 1,440 9 56% 8 0.5
06/07 25 2,250 8 32% 33 1.32
05/06 16 1,470 5 31% 22 1.35
04/05 18 1,620 4 22% 31 1.72
03/04 16 1,440 5 31% 32 2
02/03 18 1,595 5 28% 18 1.02
01/02 12 1,080 4 33% 14 1.17

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

2. Bundesliga
118 apps
0 G
0 A
DFB-Pokal
17 apps
0 G
0 A
Westfalenpokal
9 apps
0 G
0 A
3. Liga
75 apps
0 G
0 A
Niederrheinpokal
8 apps
0 G
0 A
Endrunde Jupiler Pro League
6 apps
0 G
0 A
Belgacom League
6 apps
0 G
0 A
NRW-Liga
12 apps
0 G
0 A
Regionalliga Nord
53 apps
0 G
0 A
Oberliga Nordrhein
8 apps
0 G
0 A

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Michael Ratajczak is a Germany professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Retired.

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Michael Ratajczak is 44 years old. He was born on April 16, 1982 in Herne.

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Michael Ratajczak plays as a goalkeeper (Goalkeeper).

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Michael Ratajczak currently plays for Retired.