Jonas Strifler (born 30 January 1990) is a German retired footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.

Career

Strifler played as a youth for

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

and

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

, being promoted to Hoffenheim's

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in 2007. He was given a first-team squad number for the 2008-09 season, Hoffenheim's first

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season, but did not make a first-team appearance. In September 2009 he signed for Dynamo Dresden and made his debut shortly afterwards, playing at

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in a

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match against

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. He joined

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a football in Germany, German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's 2. Bundesliga, second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three- ...

in July 2011 but was released a season later after the club were relegated to the

, later signing for

Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. History The club was founded on 13 Novemb ...

. He left Burghausen in January 2013, signing for

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

shortly afterwards. Strifler has represented

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at Under-18 and Under-19 level.

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* * 1990 births Living people German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players Dynamo Dresden players Alemannia Aachen players SV Wacker Burghausen players Arminia Bielefeld players SV Waldhof Mannheim players FC Schalke 04 II players 3. Liga players Men's association football midfielders People from Schwetzingen Footballers from Karlsruhe (region) {{germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub