Pascal Köpke (born 3 September 1995) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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. He is the son of former German international

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Andreas Köpke Andreas "Andy" Köpke (; born 12 March 1962) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After being selected for the Germany national team squads that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and reached the quarter-finals of t ...

Club career

Köpke spent ten years in 1. FC Nürnberg's youth team, before joining

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in July 2013. Four months later he made his debut for the club as a substitute for

Marius Duhnke Marius Duhnke (born 20 July 1993) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for TSV Ampfing. Career Duhnke played youth football for FV Karlstadt and 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 before joining the Bayern Munich Junior Team in 2008, at the same ...

in a

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match against

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, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 win. The goal – an

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– was voted as goal of the month for November 2013. In June 2018,

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announced Köpke would join for the 2018–19 season, reportedly signing a four-year contract until 2022, after previously having been on the verge of a move to

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. On 29 August 2020, Köpke returned to 1. FC Nürnberg. After three years in Nürnberg, he moved to

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

for the 2023–24 season.

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Pascal Köpke
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