Christian Timm (born 27 February 1979) is a German former professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

Starting his career at Dortmund in 1996 he managed just 15 appearances for the club and eventually moved to 2. Bundesliga club

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English language, English, is a German professional association football, football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 ...

where he went on to make 65 appearances in his three years at the club scoring 15 goals and helping the club gain promotion into the Bundesliga. He was tipped for national team selection but a series of injuries meant he was regularly out of action. In 2002, he moved to

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

and then on to

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two years later where he made over 81 appearances for the club and netted 21 goals. His good performances attracted several Bundesliga clubs and Timm decided to move to

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

in July 2007, where he signed a three-year contract. On 27 June 2009, his contract was extended until 30 June 2012. In July 2011, the club told Timm that he would not be part of the squad any longer, yet all subsequent attempts to reach mutual consent on an earlier termination of his contract failed. Timm made use of his right to participate in the training sessions but he had not been given a shirt number for the 2011–12 season. He was restored to the squad but was released by KSC at the end of the season

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* * 1979 births Living people People from Herten Footballers from Münster (region) German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's B international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players Men's association football forwards 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Karlsruher SC players {{germany-footy-forward-1970s-stub