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Midfielder Jürgen Säumel has catapulted himself into contention for a place in Austria's UEFA EURO 2008 team after an excellent season in domestic competition with SK Sturm Graz, during which he skippered the Styrian side to a fourth-place finish in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Graduated from Sturm's amateur side to stake first-team claim in 2002\/03.

Made UEFA Cup debut in December 2002 at S.S. Lazio, winning game in the Stadio Olimpico 1-0 (but losing tie 2-3).

Handed captaincy at Sturm at the age of 20; ever-present with 36 Austrian Bundesliga appearances (and two goals) in first season with the armband (2004\/05).

Injured in 2006\/07 but back to his inspirational best in 2007\/08 and rewarded with 90 minutes' game time in Austria's first two internationals of 2008 – against Germany (0-3) and Netherlands (3-4) – his third and fourth senior starts.

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Säumel played 33 internationals at various youth levels for Austria and won a bronze medal at the 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Liechtenstein.<\/P>","3ILIRFlM1I45Mrg3HoixGw==":"16364","aSRLqApruEoh8JmYdD88Jw==":"Liebenauer Stadium","cY1vKgOcfBfJDdywwrAXTA==":"2024-7-1","nmi6ExGDKKQ=":"11677","o5DvQP6y5i05Mrg3HoixGw==":"","tYdG0glDsqw=":"http:\/\/www.sksturm.at\/","Xteg1GIKuxnb3MCrPc3QIA==":"\ubcfc\ud504\uc2a4\ubca0\ub974\ud06c AC (Am)","FugtqwqHyXVWrx0Yi6qLYw==":"0","4B\/K4em6L60h8JmYdD88Jw==":"Ivica-Osim-Platz 1","FugtqwqHyXVocSy\/d\/+9bllhGLi13Prb":"1","S7RbMyi5EPxqMA6ApMfUlA==":"1984-9-8","Kfc6CMRxGKw=":"","AsRv1mVsmF8=":"\uadf8\ub77c\uce20","1n+9lrKHpsQ=":"SK \uc288\ud22c\ub984 \uadf8\ub77c\uce20 (Am)","DNwTckQE3P4=":"","xmHxdBHTorch8JmYdD88Jw==":"\uc624\uc2a4\ud2b8\ub9ac\uc544","oc3aqG3apM0=":"","7VlLVWU2a8k=":"1","DJKPnNzOzoLh+WgLO\/kTwA==":"Jurgen Saumel","q9i1Upfxx985Mrg3HoixGw==":"184cm","DxUT9FJyi\/0=":"3487","FaZ\/I90xUgs4ZwTqUBGhGQ==":"\uc624\uc2a4\ud2b8\ub9ac\uc544","H0WV\/Qh1TMA=":"1","NrEfsvS0Y7k=":"SK Sturm Graz Amat.","QPpuBpcZlx8h8JmYdD88Jw==":"","HjK75ffPxYfh+WgLO\/kTwA==":"SK \uc288\ud22c\ub984 \uadf8\ub77c\uce20 (Am)","DhD\/Gr\/etosZ7XTD9+yFmDkyuDceiLEb":"1909-5-1","nsri6G+GPqgHj7DqZnqB+w==":"\ubcfc\ud504\uc2a4\ubca0\ub974\ud06c AC (Am)","bmUPe6SHtp4=":"","AlGHlnulz4M5Mrg3HoixGw==":"77kg","e_index":6};var teamHistoryMatch={"LRa0w+DfQiU=":{"116534":"SV Stripfing","3487":"SK \uc288\ud22c\ub984 \uadf8\ub77c\uce20 (Am)","19159":"FC \ub9ac\ud398\ub9c1","4944":"SKU \uc554\uc288\ud14c\ud150","1368":"\uce74\ud39c\ubca0\ub974\ud06c SV","1738":"SK \ub77c\ud53c\ud2b8 \ube48 B","18926":"Marchfeld Donauauen","15150":"NK \ub8e8\ub370\uc2a4","25974":"FC \ub8e8\ud750 \ub974\ube44\uc6b0","4938":"SC Gleisdorf","2741":"SC Weiz","454":"SC \ube0c\ub808\uac90\uce20","6589":"Floridsdorfer AC","20615":"SV Lafnitz","1369":"SV \ub9ac\ud2b8","1511":"SKN \uc7a5\ud06c\ud2b8\ud448\ud150","806":"FC \uc544\ub4dc\ubbf8\ub77c \ubc14\ucee4 \ubafc\ub4e4\ub9c1","2732":"SV \ud638\ub978","3485":"\ud37c\uc2a4\ud2b8 \ube44\uc5d4\ub098 FC","4937":"ASK Voitsberg"},"R7mSC0+79BvugceQpDID9Q==":{"id":[4714853,4714845,4714837,4714826,4714821,4839831,4837293,4836332,4833445,4827002,4714807,4714805,4714795,4714789,4714781,4714773,4714761,4796496,4714753,4714749],"mid":[201,201,201,201,201,166,166,166,166,166,201,201,201,201,201,201,201,166,201,201],"aid":[116534,3487,3487,1368,3487,3487,3487,3487,3487,3487,454,3487,20615,3487,1511,3487,2732,3487,3485,3487],"bid":[3487,19159,4944,3487,1738,18926,15150,25974,4938,2741,3487,6589,3487,1369,3487,806,3487,6589,3487,4937],"date":["25-03-29","25-03-15","25-03-09","25-03-01","25-02-23","25-02-15","25-02-07","25-02-02","25-01-24","25-01-17","24-12-07","24-12-01","24-11-23","24-11-10","24-11-02","24-10-27","24-10-18","24-10-10","24-10-04","24-09-29"],"liveA":[2,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,4,0,3,0,0,0,0,3,2,4,2,1],"liveB":[1,0,1,1,0,0,1,3,0,1,2,0,4,3,2,1,2,2,4,1],"redA":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0],"redB":[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1],"bc":["1-1","1-0","1-0","0-0","1-0","0-0","1-1","1-1","2-0","0-1","1-1","0-0","0-2","0-1","0-1","2-1","1-1","2-0","1-2","0-0"],"ng":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"rq":["-0.25","0.25","-0.0","0.0","-0.0","","-0.25","0.25","-1.75","-1.25","-0.25","-0.5","0.5","0.5","-0.5","0.5","0.5","0.25","-0.75","-0.25"],"rql":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"worl":[2,0,0,1,0,0,1,2,0,2,2,1,0,2,0,0,1,0,0,1],"oworl":[3,0,0,2,0,-1,4,3,0,3,3,3,0,3,0,0,3,0,0,4]},"xaBK3qH8TU8=":[],"VTxJ5vEPtQI=":{"201":{"n":"AUT D2","c":"FB756A"},"166":{"n":"INT CF","c":"5691D8"}},"e_index":6}; 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