René Lange (born 22 November 1988) is a German professional

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coach and a former player who is an assistant coach with

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. He played as a defender or

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Career

Lange was born in

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Hansa Rostock

In July 2009, Lange signed a professional contract with the club. He made his competitive debut for the senior team on 27 September 2009 in a 4–0 home victory over Greuther Fürth. He was subbed on for

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in the 80th minute.

1. FC Magdeburg

In July 2013, Lange moved to then

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club

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German Association football Football club (association football), club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the Sports club (East Germany), sports club ''SC Magdeburg'' and has bee ...

on a two-year deal. He made his competitive debut for the club on 3 August 2013 in a 1–0 home defeat to

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 ...

in the

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. Just eight days later, he made his first league appearance for the club in a 3–1 away defeat to

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. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 23 March 2014 in a 6–0 home victory over Optik Rathenow. His goal, scored in the 65th minute, made the score 5–0 to Magdeburg.

FSV Zwickau

In July 2015, Lange joined

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on a free transfer. He made his competitive debut for the club on 24 July 2015 in a 3–0 away victory over

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. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 20 September 2015 in a 3–2 home victory over

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. His goal, scored in the 48th minute, made the score 1–0 to Zwickau. During Zwickau's match against Energie Cottbus on 6 October 2018, Lange tore a muscle in his adductor region, ruling him out for six weeks. On 12 October 2018, Lange signed a two-year contract extension with the club.

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* * 1988 births Living people People from Teterow Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg German men's footballers Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players FC Hansa Rostock players 1. FC Magdeburg players FSV Zwickau players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub