Patrick Wiegers (born 19 April 1990) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Wiegers was born in

Deggendorf Deggendorf (; ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Deggendorf district. It is located on the left bank approximately in the middle between the Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau. The Danube forms the town's natural border towards ...

. He made his professional debut with

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regen ...

during the 2009–10 3. Liga season in a 2–0 away loss to

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league ...

. With the exception of the first 13 games of the 2013–2014 season, he was a bench player who only occasionally filled in for the main goalkeeper. His contract was not extended beyond the end of this season. Following his departure from Regensburg, he joined

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

shortly after the start of the 2014–2015 season. After being the squad's reserve keeper for the first twenty games of the season, he was promoted to the starting eleven following the mid-game injury of

Benjamin Kirsten Benjamin Kirsten (born 2 June 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent much of his active career with Dynamo Dresden and 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. Early life Kirsten was born in Riesa, East Germany. ...

on 13 December 2014 in a game against

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the German reunification, reunificatio ...

. On 26 April 2015, Kirsten returned to his old position after being subbed in due to Wiegers having received a red card. Apart from a brief five-game interval at the end of the 2015–2016 season, this has been Wieger's only stint as Dresden's main keeper so far, as he acted as the club's secondary or tertiary keeper during the following seasons.

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* * 1990 births Living people People from Deggendorf (district) Footballers from Lower Bavaria German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players SSV Jahn Regensburg players Dynamo Dresden players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub