Benjamin Auer

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Benjamin Auer
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Auer
Date of birth	January 11, 1981 (1981-01-11) (age 27)
Place of birth	Landau, West Germany
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	VfL Bochum
Number	14
Youth clubs
?-1988 1988-1996 1996-1999	HSV Landau FSV Offenbach 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2000 2000-2002 2002-2006 2006- 2007	Karlsruher SC Mönchengladbach FSV Mainz 05 VfL Bochum → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)	14 (1) 25 (3) 115 (30) 19 (5) 7 (0)
National team2
?	Germany U21	23 (15)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 6, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Benjamin Auer (born January 11, 1981 in Landau) is a German footballer who is a centre-forward.

[edit] Career

As a child he played for the HSV Landau, before moving to his first major youth team, FSV Offenbach. At the age of 15 he moved to Kaiserslautern, for whom he played until 1999. He moved to Karlsruher SC where he played for a year, before going to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Auer played 23 times for the German Under-21 team, scoring 15 goals, and played around 60 times in his youth between the ages of 16 and 20. He helped bring Mainz up to the Bundesliga in 2004.

He will sign for Alemannia Aachen from 1st July 2008.

[edit] External links

• Official Website (in German)

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