Mario Erb (born 16 June 1990) is a German

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who plays as a defender for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II.

Career

Erb joined Bayern Munich in 1996, and progressed through the junior team, where he was part of the under-17 team that were

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in 2007. In October 2008, he made his debut for the Bayern reserve team, replacing Daniel Sikorski in a 1–1 draw at

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

. He made one more appearance in the

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that season, and 15 the following year, and established himself as a regular player during the 2010–11 season. With the departure of Maximilian Haas in January 2011, Erb was named as reserve team

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for the remainder of the season. He was unable to prevent the team being relegated, however, and he signed for Alemannia Aachen of the 2. Bundesliga in summer 2011. Erb was injured six games into his first season at Aachen, and had to sit out the remainder of the season, which ended in his second consecutive relegation. Aachen were relegated in the 2012–13 season as well, so Erb left the club in summer 2013, returning to

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to sign for

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. In the summer 2015, Erb joined Rot-Weiß ErfurtMario Erb verstärkt Defensive von Rot-Weiß Erfurt
thueringer-allgemeine.de, 3 June 2015

International career

Erb has represented the Germany youth team at under-17 to under-20 level, and played in all seven matches as the team finished third at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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* * 1990 births Living people Men's association football defenders German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers FC Bayern Munich II players Alemannia Aachen players SpVgg Unterhaching players FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players KFC Uerdingen 05 players Türkgücü München players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Footballers from Munich 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub