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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>","E917916C02D12AF6D7EA48F7303A1362":"","C12329A43735BD683D9F19F4C632272A":"Austria","A98A68DC04206563":"","691614162C53789F7BF95A6EBC086644":"184cm","6EB6F6F47FE792764A0F2C28812F2AC0":"SK Sturm Graz Amat.","D649C50F893C14D0":"office@sksturm.at","B9284411187FEFF20D941F8E3FDF6E1E":"Austria","64CC7FC06580777C":"Jurgen Saumel","02EB7DF46653B329":"SK Sturm Graz","ED1B32E089DA5A802C3D6EB75016A1DA":"","5BAF7C8A60756B5496BBA4CBC6C0BED8DD63717CA1BB6492":"1","5BAF7C8A60756B540D834B0A0F0B7C9C":"0","94A63A88C13097EB":"Graz","76505AA7FEAE524629F3119E5AE1B881":"TriesterstraBe 359\/I 8055 Graz","989AD94B51E25F0B":"11677","798114606EDBEE4E25243C6C8C1B5714":"SK Sturm Graz Amat.,Wolfsberger AC Amateure","e_index":8};