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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>","A2993BAC4D9D88EC":"","56D1193A280251FE":"SK Sturm Graz","37FE64B882E92ECB":"SK Sturm Graz","892B81E13FEE84C5":"office@sksturm.at","2EC2CE09DA225C510B8476426035EFA9":"","4DC924206DB9E0EB3B8818DC2C371A93":"Merkur Arena","90CF36599B563A1AA6EE0398DF07A98F":"TriesterstraBe 359\/I 8055 Graz","CC02AD5B3CF69E6DCAD0426C64DE8022":"Austria","F4582884020ECEA691D8D46CC172E947":"184cm","23A207CDBA5674BBB1C9F6E64605564A":"Jurgen Saumel","3D3B712BD7BB3346233C27994E5E2815":"1984-9-8","A71E2A228B763CFB":"Graz","9770E443802D7F63":"24.09","4852A99C0B1E8B281F768BF6F7769914":"SK Sturm Graz Amat.,Wolfsberger AC Amateure","341115063FD1CD8D":"11677","4215859A20E707AF2C0683BB3A054242":"139","8165D0EC38D769BD27A209A15276D0CF":"","e_index":3};