Christian Fiedler (born 27 March 1975 in

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) is a German football coach and former football

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who spent his entire playing career with

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. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Greuther Fürth.

Football career

Fiedler led Hertha BSC's amateurs to the 1993 Cup final, losing to a lone

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strike, 15 minutes from time. He started his

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career in the

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, helping the side promote in 1996–97. For most of his topflight career, however, he was only second-choice to Hertha, successively to

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and

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; his best years came in 2004–07, before the

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's arrival. On 2 August 2008, in a test match against

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, Fiedler sustained a serious injury, which ultimately forced him to retire at the end of the 2008–09 season. On 1 July 2009, he began working as goalkeeper coach for Hertha, having totalled 234 matches (both major divisions combined).

Honours

Hertha BSC *

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Christian Fiedler
at kicker.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiedler, Christian 1975 births Living people German footballers Association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Hertha BSC players Hertha BSC II players Germany under-21 international footballers Germany youth international footballers Footballers from Berlin 20th-century German people West German footballers

Football career

Honours

See also

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