Janek Sternberg (born 19 October 1992) is a German professional

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who most recently played as a

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for

Hallescher FC Hallescher FC, sometimes still called by its former popular name Chemie Halle, is a German association football club based in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third highest level in the German footba ...

Club career

Sternberg joined

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

in 2013 from

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. After initially playing matches with Werder's reserve team, he made his first team debut in a

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game against

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on 29 November 2014. He played the full game in a 4–0 home win. On 21 January 2017, Sternberg joined

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. In May 2018,

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 ...

, newly relegated to the 3. Liga, announced Sternberg would join for the 2018–19 season having agreed a contract until 2021. On 31 January 2020, Sternberg joined

on a deal lasting until the summer of 2021.

International career

Sternberg is a youth international for Germany at the U18 level.

References

Living people 1992 births German footballers Germany youth international footballers Association football defenders Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Ferencvárosi TC footballers SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Hallescher FC players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub