Ibrahima Traoré (76 -> 80)

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Name: Ibrahima Traoré (Traore on the DB)
Date of Birth: Apr. 21 1988 (Age: 21)
Current Club: FC Augsburg
Position: Left Winger / Attacking Midfielder
Height: 1.72 m
Nationality: French/Lebanese
Rating: 76
Prediction: 80-82

Usually I'd wait a bit longer before praising a 2nd division player, but Ibrahima Traore has been an absolute revelation this season so far.
Only been a sub in the cup first round and the first match in the league, he impressed Augsburg coach Luhukay enough to become a starter in the second match of the season. He managed to keep Tobias Werner, a player rated very highly by staff and fans, out of the team.

He started the match against Rot-Weiss Oberhausen, and definitely was the best man for Augsburg, maybe even on the pitch.
He first gave an assist to the 1-1 equalizer, and later on scored the 2-1 lead with a wonderful shot himself. Augsburg were unlucky as the match ended in a 2-2 draw. His impressive performance also earned him a starting place in the next 2 matches, where he managed to score again against Bielefeld and again was the best man on the pitch for Augsburg against high-flyers Union Berlin.

jump forward to around 5:40 to see his goal; also listen to the fans chearing his name afterwards although it was just his third game for the club

He arrived in Augsburg at the beginning of the season, when he was signed from Hertha for an undisclosed fee rumpoured to be somewhere around 200k-500k. He grew up in France and was scouted by Hertha BSC Berlin while playing for a 5th division team in France, and moved to Germany when he was 19. He couldn't break into the first team there and only had one short sub appearance in the Bundesliga, but was a regular and usually one of the best for their reserve team in Germany's 4th division, including being top-scorer for his team last season.

His greatest strength is his pace, he's incredibly fast and has been compared to Odonkor on German TV, but he has better technique than him. He's great at dribbling, but always has an eye for his team-mates as well. He's also calm in front of goal and a good finisher.
However, he lacks defensive skills, and should still work a bit on his physical attributes.

Michael Parensen (73 -> 77)

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Name: Michael PARENSEN
Date of Birth: Jun 24 1986 (Age: 22)
Current Club: 1. FC Union Berlin
Position: Left Back
Height: 1.80 m
Nationality: German

Michael Parensen started a very promising career in Dortmund, where he regularly featured for their youth teams and later the reserves. He also played for the German U-16, U-17 and U-18. However, he moved to FC Cologne in 2006, and was promoted to the first team in summer 2008. As he didn't get any playing time for the first team, he moved to Union Berlin in January 2009, where he is now the regular at the LB spot since his arrival. Union Berlin just secured their promotion today, so he'll probably get some 2. Bundesliga experience next season. He'll probably reach around 78 in the coming changes, and will easily get 80+ if he regularly plays for Union in the 2. Liga which is very likely IMO.

Stats: (last update May 24)

Games (Subs in / out): 18 (0 / 3)
Minutes: 1548
Goals (penalties): 0 (0)
Yellow / Red cards: 3 / 0

Prediction: Union Berlin gained promotion, and if they do well in the 2. Bundesliga, I can see Parensen to around 82/83 within the next year, in the next changes he should reach around 77/78.

Update: (Nov 3) rose to 77, but lost his starting place

Rouven Sattelmaier (75 -> 78)

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Name: Rouven SATTELMAIER
Date of Birth: Aug 7 1987 (Age: 21)
Current Club: Jahn Regensburg
Position: Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87 m
Nationality: German

Rouven Sattelmaier, actually only 2nd goalkeeper behind Bastian Becker, profited from the injury of the 1st choice goalkeeper, but has since then impressed, and is currently the highest rated keeper by Kicker, and also on top of the Top Players List. He had 1 sub and 2 full appearences at the beginning of the season (after Becker got sent off), but has now played every game since turn 15, which makes a total of 1286 minutes, in which he conceded only 20 goals and kept 5 clean sheets.
Jahn Regensburg is currently fighting relegation, but that's rather a problem of their weak offence.
For Sattelmaier, I expect a small rise to about 77/78 next time, but he definitely has the potential to play at least for a better side in the 2. Bundesliga or a weaker Bundesliga team, IMO he's a 85+ keeper.

Stats: (last update May 24)

Games (Subs in / out): 27 (1 / 0)
Minutes: 2367
Goals (penalties): 0 (0)
Yellow / Red cards: 2 / 0

Prediction: A goalkeeper I rate very highly, since he took over Regensburg halfway through the season, he always impressed, IMO he's the best keeper in the 3. Liga, and should therefore get a rise to around 77/78. I wouldn't be surprised if he plays for a better club next season or the season after.

Update: (Oct 29) rose to 78

Holger Badstuber (NoDB -> 80 -> 85)

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Name: Holger BADSTUBER
Date of Birth: Mar 13 1989 (Age: 19)
Current Club: Bayern Munich II
Position: Defensive Midfielder / Centre Back
Height: 1.89 m
Nationality: German

A regular player for Bayern Munich's youth teams, who debuted in their reserve team last year, and is now one of the top performers for them in the 3rd Liga. He played 19 games and never got subbed in or out, which makes 1710 minutes.
He also was capped for Germany's U-19 squad already, and might be able to get a professional contract at Bayern soon, or should at least get a move to a smaller club from the Bundesliga in the near future.

Stats: (last update May 24)

Games (Subs in / out): 32 (0 / 0)
Minutes: 2820
Goals (penalties): 3 (0)
Yellow / Red cards: 5 / 1

Prediction: A very talented and versatile player, who already made it to the bench of the first team twice this season, but didn't get any playing time. I'm pretty sure that either SM decides to add the Bayern reserves to the DB or that he manages to get at least a short appearance for the first team next season, and should definitely be snapped up then.

Update: (Aug 16 2009) added to the DB with rating of 80

Update: (Nov 7 2009) rose to 85; positional change to CB/LB

Update: (Jun 9 2010) Rose to 88

Jens Möckel (NoDB -> 77)

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Name: Jens MÖCKEL
Date of Birth: Feb 21 1988 (Age: 20)
Current Club: Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Position: Centre Back
Height: 1.88 m
Nationality: German

A phisically very strong defender playing for Rot-Weiß Erfurt, currently placed 7th in the league, and looking for a promotion place.
He played 12 complete games out of possible 21, and was brought on as a sub twice, totalling in 1184 minutes. Rot-Weiß Erfurt have the 6th best defence in the 3rd Liga.

Stats: (last update May 2)

Games (Subs in / out): 27 (2 / 0)
Minutes: 2281
Goals (penalties): 0 (0)
Yellow / Red cards: 9 / 2

Update: (Mar 11) added to the DB with a rating of 77

Prediction: A regular player for Erfurt, who finished the season as 10th. 77 is a fair rating for one of the best performers of the team. Should definitely work on his disciplinary record though.

Tufan Tosunoglu (NoDB -> 78 -> 77)

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Name: Tufan TOSUNOGLU
Date of Birth: Jul 22 1988 (Age: 20)
Current Club: Kickers Offenbach
Position: Forward / Winger / Attacking Midfielder
Height: 1.78 m
Nationality: Turkish

Another very versatile forward, can be played up front, on the wings or behind the attackers. Has played in all 20 games, with 6 subs out and 3 subs in, which makes a total of 1341 minutes. He's scored 7 goals so far.
He has already played for the Turkish U-21 team as well in a friendly tournament last summer.
Before his move to Offenbach, he played for MSV Duisburg reserves, but never made it to the first squad. This season, Offenbach might get promoted to Division 2, they're currently placed 5th in the league, and the first 2 are getting promoted automatically and the 3rd has to go through play-offs.
I haven't personally seen him play often, but I've seen quite a few of his goals, he looks like a very decent striker with a good understanding of the game as well.

Stats: (last update May 24)

Games (Subs in / out): 27 (6 / 4)
Minutes: 1967
Goals (penalties): 9 (0)
Yellow / Red cards: 4 / 0

Update: (Mar 11) added to the DB with a rating of 78

Prediction: Despite interest from clubs like Sivasspor, Tosunoglu stated that he wanted to stay in Offenbach. Has missed the last 7 games due to injury, but should still remain at 78 IMO.

Update: (Oct 30) dropped to 77 due to his club's bad form

Jan-André Sievers (NoDB -> 78)

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Name: Jan-André SIEVERS
Date of Birth: Aug 5 1987 (Age: 21)
Current Club: Kickers Emden
Position: Right Back
Height: 1.80 m
Nationality: German

Jan-André Sievers is a regular for currently 3-rd placed Kickers Emden. He has played 19 games, with only being subbed out 4 times, totalling in 1640 minutes. Kickers Emden have the 3rd best defense in the 3rd Liga, only conceding 17 goals in 20 matches, 2 of them in the game Sievers missed. He started his career at Lüneburg, and made it into the Hamburger SV youth and reserves squad as well as some other lesser clubs before moving to Emden at the beginning of this season.
Personally, I haven't heard much of him yet, which is not neccesarily a bad thing for a defender.

Stats: (last update May 24)

Games (Subs in / out): 36 (0 / 11)
Minutes: 3069
Goals (penalties): 0 (0)
Yellow / Red cards: 4 / 0

Update: (Mar 10) added to the DB with a rating of 78

Prediction: Being a regular at a club who only missed closely promotion by being 6th, he definitely deserves high rating, however I don't think he can get much higher when he stays in the 3. Liga.