Konstantin Engel (; born 27 July 1988) is a Kazakh professional
footballer
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of German descent who plays as a
defender for
SSV Jeddeloh.
Career
Engel was born in
Karaganda
Karaganda (, ; ), also known as Karagandy (, ; ; ) (also sometimes romanized as Qaraghandy), is a major city in central Kazakhstan and the capital of the Karaganda Region. It is the fifth most populous city in the country, with a population o ...
,
Kazakh SSR
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Located in northern Centr ...
. He made his professional debut in the
2. Bundesliga for
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 15 August 2008 when he started a game against
FC St. Pauli
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. He eventually became a constant member of the startup line and scored his first goal on 1 May 2009 with a winner against
Wehen Wiesbaden.
On 5 August 2016, Engel signed for
FC Astana
Astana Football Club () is a professional Association football, football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,000-seat As ...
in the
Kazakhstan Premier League
The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (, ''Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy''), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the ...
.
Engel returned to VfL Osnabrück on 27 January 2017, after six months with Astana, where he was unable to make an appearance.
Career statistics
Club
International
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Living people
1988 births
Footballers from Karaganda
Men's association football defenders
Kazakhstani men's footballers
Kazakhstan men's international footballers
Kazakhstani emigrants to Germany
Kazakhstani people of German descent
German men's footballers
VfL Osnabrück players
FC Energie Cottbus players
FC Ingolstadt 04 players
FC Ingolstadt 04 II players
FC Astana players
SSV Jeddeloh players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
21st-century German sportsmen
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