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Atouba always scared me – Ex-Hamburger SV defender Van Buyten

Former Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV defender Daniel van Buyten admitted he was always scared of his former teammate Timothee Atouba at HSV with his ‘tricks and dances’.

The pair played together at the Volksparkstadion for one year and won the Uefa Intertoto Cup in 2005 before Van Buyten left for Bayern Munich a year later.

The 41-year-old former Belgium international has spoken of the mesmerising displays by his ex-teammate at HSV.

"Atouba has always scared me, you always knew he was doing his samba tricks and dances," he told Hamburg Abendblatt.