Christopher Wolfgang Georg August Schindler (; born 29 April 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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. After beginning his career with

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, he moved to English club

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in 2016, with whom he secured promotion to the

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. He joined Nürnberg in 2021 and has also played for Germany's U21s.

Club career

Schindler began his career with his hometown team,

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. He was named captain of the team after

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was suspended to the second squad and fined for disciplinary reasons early in the 2014–15 season. After making over 200 appearances for 1860 Munich's first and second teams, Schindler joined English

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club

on 29 June 2016. He signed a three-year contract, with Huddersfield paying an undisclosed then-club record fee, reported to be around £1.8 million. Schindler joined Chris Löwe, Michael Hefele,

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and Mark Hudson as former captains at the club. He made his debut for the Terriers in a 2–1 Championship win over

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on 6 August 2016, the opening game of the season. Schindler scored his first goal for the club, a header, in a 1–0 win over

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on 1 October 2016. On 29 May 2017, Schindler scored the winning penalty in the 2017 Championship play-off final in a penalty shootout against

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, which promoted Huddersfield Town to the

. He signed a new three-year contract with the club on 24 July 2017, with the option of an additional year, after making 48 appearances in the 2016–17 season. On 10 August 2018, Schindler signed another new contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2021, with the option of a further year. He had played all but one game of the Terriers' games in the 2017–18 season, in which Huddersfield secured Premier League survival. Head coach David Wagner commented that "he took to the Premier League as if he had played in it all his life". He won the club's player of the year award in 2017–18 and 2018–19, becoming the first back-to-back winner of the award since Peter Clarke in 2011. On 11 May 2021, it was announced that Schindler would be leaving Huddersfield Town at the end of his contract, after five years at the club. The club's chairman Phil Hodgkinson said that "he will always be considered among the greats at Huddersfield Town". 1. FC Nürnberg reported his signing the same day, on a free transfer.

International career

Schindler is a former youth international, having played four games for the

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in 2011 and 2012.

Career statistics

Honours

Huddersfield Town *

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References

External links

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Christopher Schindler
at tsv1860.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schindler, Christopher 1990 births Living people Footballers from Munich German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders TSV 1860 Munich players TSV 1860 Munich II players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players 1. FC Nürnberg players Regionalliga players 2. Bundesliga players English Football League players Premier League players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England 21st-century German sportsmen