Lutz Pfannenstiel

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Lutz Pfannenstiel
Personal information
Full name Lutz Pfannenstiel
Date of birth 12 May 1973 (1973-05-12) (age 35)
Place of birth    Zwiesel, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991–1993
1993–1994
1994
1995
1995
1995
1996
1996
1996–1997
1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002–2003
2003
2003
2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007
2007
2008–
1. FC Bad Kötzting
Penang FA
Wimbledon
Nottingham Forest
Sint-Truidense
Ħamrun Spartans
Sembawang Rangers FC
Orlando Pirates FC
Nottingham Forest
TPV
Nottingham Forest
SV Wacker Burghausen
Geylang United FC
Dunedin Technical
Bradford Park Avenue
ASV Cham
Dunedin Technical
Bradford Park Avenue
Dunedin Technical
Bærum SK
Calgary Mustangs
Otago United
KS Vllaznia Shkodër
Bærum SK
Vancouver Whitecaps
Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger


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04 (0)
04 (0)
22 (0)
07 (0)
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08 (0)
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14 (0)
46 (0)
18 (0)
01 (0)
12 (0)
18 (0)
14 (0)
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28 (0)
36 (0)

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1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Lutz Pfannenstiel (born 12 May 1973 in Zwiesel) is a German football goalkeeper.

[edit] Club career

He is mostly famous for having played for 20 different clubs all around the world during his career, including stints in New Zealand, Singapore, Finland, Malaysia, Canada and Albania. He is currently playing in Brazil for Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger. He has played for clubs in all six continents.[1]

He stopped breathing three times after a collision while playing for Bradford Park Avenue against Harrogate Town in a UniBond League match on 26 December 2002. The injury was so serious that the referee, John Moss, abandoned the match.[2] Bradford Park Avenue were leading 2–1 at the time of the incident.[3]

[edit] Sources

[edit] References

  1. ^ Prost Amerika Interviews Lutz Pfannenstiel (2007-10-08). Retrieved on 2008-02-10. “In 2008, I'll be playing in South America and in doing so, I'll become the only player ever to play professional football on every continent.”
  2. ^ Footballer saved by kiss of life. Telegraph & Argus. Newsquest Media Group (2002-12-27). Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  3. ^ Goalkeeper's wife tells of match terror. Craven Herald & Pioneer. Newsquest Media Group (2002-12-28). Retrieved on 2008-05-10.