Michael Willi Kraft (born 23 April 1966) is a German former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

. He played for

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English language, English, is a German professional association football, football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 ...

FC Gütersloh FC Gütersloh is a German association football club based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of '' Sport Vereinigung Arminia Gütersloh'' and '' Deutsche Jugendk ...

and

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena () is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1903, it was initially associated with the optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won ...

in Germany and

Bakırköyspor Bakırköyspor is a Turkish sports club from Bakırköy, Istanbul. The club was founded in 1949. The colours of Bakırköyspor are green-black. Bakırköyspor played in the Turkish Super League for 3 years, but after several unsuccessful seasons, ...

in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

and is formerly the goalkeeping coach of Fenerbahçe.

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Michael Kraft
at TFF.org 1966 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players Bakırköyspor footballers FC Carl Zeiss Jena players FC Gütersloh players Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) non-playing staff Beijing Guoan F.C. non-playing staff Association football goalkeeping coaches SV Werder Bremen non-playing staff Eintracht Frankfurt non-playing staff German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub