Frank Lehmann (born 29 April 1989) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga from the 2023–24 2. Bundesliga, 2023–24 season following promotion from the 3. Liga ...

Club career

Lehmann began his career with

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

, and made one appearance for the

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, on the last day of the 2007–08 season. He spent the next two seasons on loan with

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

and then

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the German reunification, reunificatio ...

, where he again played reserve team football, but he did make one appearance for the Cottbus first team in the 2. Bundesliga, as a substitute for

Gerhard Tremmel Gerhard Martin "Gerry" Tremmel (born 16 November 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as a scout for Swansea City. Tremmel played in the Premier League, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA ...

on the last day of the 2009–10 season, in a 4–1 win over

Rot-Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated ...

. In 2010, Lehmann signed for 1. FC Heidenheim of the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

. In his first season, he served as backup to

Erol Sabanov Erol Sabanov (born 16 May 1974) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the assistant manager and goalkeeper coach of Stuttgarter Kickers. Career Sabanov began his career with VfR Aalen, and spent nine years ...

, and made five appearances, but took over as first choice the following season. He lost his place to Sabanov again after 11 games of the 2012–13 season, and left the club in January 2013. After half a season without a club, he signed a one-year contract with

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

on 2 September 2013, which was later extended until 2016. After four years with Osnabrück, Lehmann moved to

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

club

on 2 August 2017.

International career

Lehmann gained two caps for the Germany U18 team, coming on for

Mohamed Amsif Mohamed Amsif (; born 7 February 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Germany, he represented Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics, playing in all three of their games. He attended the Gesamtschule Berge ...

in the first of two friendlies against Turkey U18 on 14 November 2006, and starting in the second tie on 16 November.

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* 1989 births Living people People from Balingen German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers VfB Stuttgart II players Eintracht Frankfurt II players FC Energie Cottbus II players FC Energie Cottbus players 1. FC Heidenheim players VfL Osnabrück players SV Elversberg players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub