Andreas "Zecke" Neuendorf (born 9 February 1975) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hertha BSC II.

Career

Neuendorf has played for Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...

 and Hertha BSC. He left Berlin after the 2006-07 season, having played with the club for six years. After three years with FC Ingolstadt 04

FC Ingolstadt 04

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, he returned to Hertha in 2010.

Nickname

Neuendorf is nicknamed "Zecke" (German for tick

Tick

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), a name that was given to him by Leverkusen team-mate Ulf Kirsten after Neuendorf fell ill from a tick bite. He wears the name on his shirt, similar the common practice among Brazilian footballers, and it is listed in his passport

Passport

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 as his stage name

Stage name

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.