Michael Stuckmann (born 1 September 1979) is a German former professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

, Stuckmann began his career with Rot-Weiß Markania Bochum before joining the youth team of the local rival

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

. After a successful season with VfL Bochum he signed in summer 1998 with the city rival

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and earned four caps in his first season in the 2. Bundesliga. He played six seasons for SG Wattenscheid 09 making 120 appearances. In July 2004, and after the relegation of SG Wattenscheid 09, he signed for the newly promoted

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club

Wuppertaler SV Borussia Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in the year of 1880 by the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdor ...

. Stuckmann was one of the best players in the Wuppertaler SV Borussia over the years and left the team after 168 games to sign for the

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relegated club

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, who was named in the course of the season from head coach

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as the new

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of the team.

International career

Stuckmann earned 15 caps and scored two goals for the German under-20.

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* 1979 births Living people Footballers from Bochum German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Germany men's youth international footballers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Swiss Challenge League players FC Vaduz players SG Wattenscheid 09 players Wuppertaler SV players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein {{germany-footy-defender-1970s-stub