Sven Beuckert (born 12 December 1973) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He works at his former club

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 jers ...

as goalkeeping coach.

Career

Beuckert was born in Stollberg,

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

. He joined

in the summer of 2003, playing with them two seasons in the second German division. Union as cup finalists of the 2000–01 season (losing against Champions League entrant Schalke 04) were allowed to represent Germany in the

2001–02 UEFA Cup The 2001–02 UEFA Cup was won by Feyenoord at their home ground in the final against Borussia Dortmund. It was the second time they won the competition. Liverpool could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2001–02 U ...

, where they made it to the second round. Beuckert was then their first choice keeper.

After retiring

After retiring in 2009, Beuckert worked as assistant coach of the amateur team of

in 2011 until 2012. In November 2011, Beuckert got a new role at the club, and it was as goalkeeping coach this time.

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* * 1973 births Living people People from Stollberg FC Erzgebirge Aue players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Men's association football goalkeepers German men's footballers MSV Duisburg players 1. FC Union Berlin players Footballers from Saxony East German men's footballers People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub