Dennis Buschening ( th, เดนนิส บุสเชนิ่ง; born 2 March 1991) is a German-Thai professional

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who as a

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Club career

Buschening learned to play football in the youth departments of

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 ...

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

and

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 19 ...

. He signed his first contract with

Westfalia Rhynern Westfalia Rhynern is a German association football club from the district of Rhynern in the city of Hamm, Westphalia. History The club was established in 1935 as ''Turn- und Sportverein Rhynern'', but disappeared after two years when, like many ...

, a club that played in the

NRW-Liga The Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga (''North Rhine-Westphalia League''; NRW-Liga) was the highest football league in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) from 2008 to 2012. It was one of the eleven Oberliga groups in German football, the fifth tie ...

. After 33 games, he moved to

SC Verl SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football. The club was promoted to the profe ...

in the

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in 2011 and then, from 2012 to 2013, to

Hammer SpVg Hammer SpVg is a German association football club from the city of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of a larger sports club with some 1,500 members in departments for aikido, judo, cheerleading, fitness and dance, gymnastics, handbal ...

Oberliga Westfalen The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. Wit ...

. In 2013 he left Germany and moved to Thailand. Here he signed a contract with the first division side

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the ...

from

Buriram Buriram (, , , 'city of happiness') is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in Thailand, capital of Buriram Province, about northeast of Bangkok. The town occupies '' tambon'' Nai Mueang of Mueang Buriram District. In 2012 it had a population of 27,8 ...

. After six months he was loaned to league rivals

BEC Tero Sasana FC Police Tero Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลโปลิศ-เทโร), formerly known as BEC Tero Sasana Football Club, is a Thai professional football club based in Bangkok. The club finished runners-up in the inaugural ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...

. After the end of his contract with Buriram, he joined Army United in 2014, a club that also played in the first division, the

Thai League 1 The Thai League 1 ( th, ไทยลีก 1), often referred to as T1, is the top level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai League 2. Seasons run from Augu ...

, and is based in Bangkok. He played four times for the Army. In 2015 he moved to

Sattahip Sattahip ( th, สัตหีบ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Chonburi province, Thailand. It is at the southern tip of the province southeast of Bangkok. In 2014, the district had a population of 157,000 in an area of 348,122 km2. Geogr ...

for the then first division team Navy FC. In 2017 he switched to the second division, the

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, where he joined Angthong FC. He returned to Germany in 2018 where he played again for Westfalia Rhynern. In the same year he joined the

SpVgg Beckum SpVgg Beckum is a German association football club from the city of Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team first came to note as a third-division side following the formation of the Bundesliga (I) in 1963. History The club was formed 1 Janua ...

, a club that played in the Oberliga Westfalen. For the back series in 2019 he went back to Thailand. Here he signed a contract in

Chai Nat Chai Nat ( th, ชัยนาท, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, capital of Chai Nat province. It covers the whole ''tambon'' tambon Nai Mueang and parts of Ban Kluai, Tha Chai and Khao Tha Phra, all in Mueang Chai Nat ...

with Premier League club Chainat Hornbill FC. After Chainat's relegation to the second division, he left the club and moved to Malaysia. Here he signed a contract with

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. The club from Sabah became champions of the second division, the

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, in 2019. In 2020 the club played in the first division, the

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. He was under contract with the club until the beginning of May 2021. He then moved to

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for league rivals

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Personal life

Buschening was born in

Esslingen am Neckar Esslingen am Neckar ( Swabian: ''Esslenga am Neckor'') is a town in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, seat of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest town in the district. Within Baden-Württemberg it is ...

to a Thai mother and German father.

Career statistics

Club

References

1991 births Living people People from Esslingen am Neckar Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) German footballers Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Association football forwards SC Verl players

Dennis Buschening Dennis Buschening ( th, เดนนิส บุสเชนิ่ง; born 2 March 1991) is a German-Thai professional association football, footballer who as a forward (association football), forward. Club career Buschening learned to play f ...

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