# Christian Schulz

Christian Schulz (born 1 April 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre back or left-back.

## Club career

Schulz joined Werder Bremen in 1995 at the age of twelve and stepped up to the reserve side, playing in the Regionalliga Nord in 2001–02. He made his Bundesliga debut on 15 February 2003 as a substitute against 1. FC Nürnberg. When Ümit Davala was injured, Schulz stepped in and made the left-back position his own. With Bremen he won the 2004 German football championship.
Although he had previously stated that he did not want to leave Bremen, he moved to Hannover 96 on 30 August 2007. After nine years with Hannover, he joined SK Sturm Graz. With Graz he won the 2017–18 Austrian Cup.
Schulz retired at the end of the 2020–21 season. Overall he played more than 400 matches in the German and Austrian top-flight respectively.

## International career

Schulz earned four caps for the Germany national team, making his international debut on 16 December 2004 in a 3–0 friendly win over Japan. He was part of the DFB squad of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup on home soil but didn't take part in the tournament because of an injury.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total | Ref. |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Ref. |
| Werder Bremen II | 2001–02 | Regionalliga Nord | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | |
| Werder Bremen II | 2002–03 | Regionalliga Nord | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Werder Bremen II | 2003–04 | Regionalliga Nord | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Werder Bremen II | 2004–05 | Regionalliga Nord | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |
| Werder Bremen II | Total | Total | 43 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | — |
| Werder Bremen | 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Werder Bremen | 2003–04 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Werder Bremen | 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| Werder Bremen | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| Werder Bremen | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| Werder Bremen | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Werder Bremen | Total | Total | 103 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 140 | 5 | — |
| Hannover 96 | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 4 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 3 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 2 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 4 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |
| Hannover 96 | Total | Total | 255 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 19 | — |
| Sturm Graz | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | |
| Sturm Graz | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Sturm Graz | Total | Total | 44 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | — |
| Hannover 96 II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Nord | 28 | 1 | – | – | — | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |
| Hannover 96 II | 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nord | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | — | — | 11 | 2 | |
| Hannover 96 II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga Nord | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Hannover 96 II | Total | Total | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | – |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 488 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 564 | 34 | — |
* ↑ Includes German Cup and Austrian Cup
* ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ Includes German League Cup.
* 1 2 Werder Bremen qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. However, Schulz did not appear in any matches.

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| Germany | 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 0 |

## Honours

Werder Bremen
* Bundesliga: 2003–04, runner-up 2005–06
* DFB-Pokal: 2003–04
* DFB-Ligapokal: 2006, runner-up 2004
Sturm Graz
* Austrian Cup: 2017–18