Kolja Pusch (born 12 February 1993) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for TSV Meerbusch.

Career

Having come through the

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

youth ranks, Pusch played for the club's reserves and

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

before joining

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regen ...

. In the 2016–17 season, he achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga with the club, contributing 31 appearances in which scored six goals and made seven assists. In June 2016, Pusch chose not to extend his contract but to leave the club and sign a contract until 2020 with 1. FC Heidenheim. On 2 September 2019,

Admira Wacker Admira Wacker is an Austrian professional Association football, football club based in Maria Enzersdorf, a town in the Mödling District of Lower Austria. The team competes in the 2. Liga (Austria), 2. Liga, the second tier of the Football in Au ...

announced the signing of Pusch. After moving to

KFC Uerdingen KFC Uerdingen 05 was a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side, which had its greatest successes in the 1980s, plays in the fourth-level Regionalliga. In 2025, t ...

for the 2020–21 season, he joined

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the year after. In June 2023, he extended his contract for another season. After the 2023–24 season, he moved to TSV Meerbusch of the

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Career statistics

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* * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Wuppertal Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Chemnitzer FC players SSV Jahn Regensburg players SSV Jahn Regensburg II players 1. FC Heidenheim players Admira Wacker players KFC Uerdingen 05 players MSV Duisburg players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub