Name: Andre Schürrle (Schurrle on the DB)
Date of Birth: Nov. 11 1990 (Age: 18)
Current Club: 1. FSV Mainz 05
Position: Striker
Height: 1.75 m
Nationality: German
Rating: 72
Andre Schürrle joined Mainz at the beginning of the 2006/2007 and was used in the youth team there first. He was an important part of the team which won the youth championship 08/09 against Borussia Dortmund who were regarded as the favourites by most experts.
He's in the bottom row in the middle just above the space between Deutscher and Meister
This season, after Mainz coach Jørn Andersen was fired just before the start of the season, Mainz's youth coach Thomas Tuchel was named the new first team coach. He's one of Schürrle's biggest admirers, and after Schürrle played a great pre-season, he got his first chance in the DFB-Pokal, the German cup, when he was subbed in in the 64th minute. Despite Mainz losing to a 4th division team, he could impress, and one week later he made his Bundesliga debut when he started as the sole striker in Mainz's match against Leverkusen. Mainz dominated in the first half, and Schürrle almost scored his first goal, but Rene Adler could just stop his shot on the line.
He's also a regular for Germany's U-19 with 11 games and 4 goals, who only missed the recent Euros after losing to Spain.
He is not on the DB, but seeing how highly he is regarded by his former youth coach and how well he did in his first games, I expect him to feature regularly this season, maybe not always as a starter but he will get his minutes. With a bit of luck he picks up enough games/minutes before the changes, where he'll probably get added at around 75-77. If he gets added before the changes another small rise might be possible, but potentially he's a 85+ player and should be snapped up as soon as he gets added.
Update: (Aug 15 2009) added to the DB at 72
Update: (Nov 5 2009) rose to 80; positional change to AM/Wing
Update: (Jun 8 2010) Rose to 85
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