Benjamin Auer
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Benjamin Auer | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Landau, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1988 | HSV Landau | ||
| 1988–1995 | FSV Offenbach | ||
| 1995–1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | Karlsruher SC | 14 | (1) |
| 2000–2002 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 25 | (3) |
| 2002–2006 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 116 | (30) |
| 2006–2008 | VfL Bochum | 19 | (5) |
| 2007 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Alemannia Aachen | 125 | (56) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2004 | Germany U21 | 23 | (15) |
| 2004–2005 | Germany B | 3 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:52, 9 July 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Benjamin Auer (born 11 January 1981 in Landau) is a German footballer who is a centre-forward.[1]
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 joined 2. Bundesliga side Alemannia Aachen on 1 July 2008 and stayed there until Aachen's relegation to the 3. Liga in summer 2012. [2]
References
- ↑ "Benjamin Auer" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ↑ "Auer, Benjamin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 March 2010..
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