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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>","8084EC95B881D770":"SK Sturm Graz","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"Austria","D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"0","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Jurgen Saumel","F52748F924D1E675":"77kg","A494ABC507986833":"Jurgen Saumel","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"SK Sturm Graz Amat.,Wolfsberger AC Amateure","147403B66C8CB5C7":"379","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","86178E7285C328960D9569BD40C7D883":"1984-9-8","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"","078F3C827B475FC4":"11677","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"4","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"999","e_index":2};