Benjamin Siegert (born 7 July 1981) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Siegert was born in Berlin. He made his debut on the professional league level in the

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for

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

on 12 May 2001 when he came on as a substitute for Patrick Weiser in the 83rd minute in a game against

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

. On 5 October 2007, he scored the fastest goal in the history of German professional football. He scored for

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

in the 8th second of the game against Greuther Fürth. On 26 June 2009, he left Wehen Wiesbaden and signed for

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The cl ...

, where he spent two years before signing for

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* * 1981 births Living people Association football midfielders Footballers from Berlin German footballers VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players Eintracht Braunschweig players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players VfL Osnabrück players SC Preußen Münster players Sportfreunde Lotte players Tennis Borussia Berlin players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub