René Eckardt (born 22 February 1990) is a professional German

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who plays for

ZFC Meuselwitz Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a Football in Germany, German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia. History The origins of the club go back to the establishment of ''Aktivist Zipsendorf'' in 1919. After World War II the c ...

Career

Born in

Jena Jena (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 in ...

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, Eckardt began his career SV Lobeda 77 before 1998 moving to the youth from

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 October 2008 was promoted to the first team. He played 7 games before he scored his first goal on 22 November 2008 against

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International career

On 27 August 2009, Eckardt earned his first call up for Germany U-20 national team for a friendly game against Austria U-20.René Eckardt in die U20 berufen
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* * Living people 1990 births Footballers from Jena Sportspeople from Bezirk Gera German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Carl Zeiss Jena players ZFC Meuselwitz players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub