Alessandro Riedle (born 14 August 1991) is a German former professional

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who played as a striker. He is the son of former Germany international

Karl-Heinz Riedle Karl-Heinz Riedle (; born 16 September 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Despite not being particularly tall, he was nicknamed "Air" throughout his career, due to his notable heading accuracy, jumping an ...

Early years

Riedle started playing football in 1998 with the Liverpool F.C. Academy and switched in summer 1999 to

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along with his father

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. In May 2001, after the retirement of his father he left Fulham and England to move to Swiss

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Club career

Riedle started his professional career with

, making his first appearance on 11 March 2009 in the

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against

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. On 4 June 2009, Riedle signed a two-year contract with

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

. On 25 August 2010, Riedle returned to Grasshoppers. On 5 August 2013, Riedle signed a two-year contract with

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side

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. Although his time in Turkey did not go well as he was only capped as a substitute for three times. In September 2014, Riedle joined German fourth-tier club

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. In February 2015, after only earning a single cap in five months, he left Köln again and returned to Switzerland, where he had spent almost a decade of his youth. He joined third-tier club

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in St. Gallen.

International career

Riedle is a former member of the Germany U18 national team.

Personal life

He is the son of former Germany international

. He attended St Peter's Primary school in

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, Wirral.

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* * 1991 births Living people People from Lindau (district) Footballers from Swabia (Bavaria) German men's footballers Men's association football forwards 3. Liga players Swiss Super League players Challenge League (Switzerland) players Swiss Promotion League players Süper Lig players VfB Stuttgart II players Grasshopper Club Zurich players AC Bellinzona players Akhisarspor footballers FC Viktoria Köln players SC Brühl players FC Wangen bei Olten players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub