Christoph Moritz (born 27 January 1990) is a German professional

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. He plays as a

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Career

Moritz began his footballing career in 1994, at the age of four, as a youth player with FC Viktoria 08 Arnoldsweiler. He stayed here for twelve years before moving to

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three-year turn in the Bundesliga in the ...

. After three years with the youth and reserve teams, he signed for

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

in July 2009 where he started his professional career. Moritz's first professional match was in the

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on 8 August 2009 against

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bunde ...

and scored his first goal on 16 August 2009. Moritz signed his first professional contract on 18 January 2010 with Schalke 04. The contract ran until 30 June 2013. Upon expiration of his contract with Schalke he joined

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

on a contract until 30 June 2017. In May 2018, following

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

's relegation from the

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, Moritz' move to

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, newly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, was announced. He agreed a contract until 2020. In September 2020, Moritz signed for Jahn Regensburg.

Honours

Schalke 04 *

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* * * * 1990 births Living people People from Düren Sportspeople from Cologne (region) German footballers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Association football midfielders Germany youth international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Alemannia Aachen players FC Schalke 04 II players FC Schalke 04 players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Hamburger SV players Hamburger SV II players SV Darmstadt 98 players SSV Jahn Regensburg players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub