Sven Schipplock (born 8 November 1988) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for fourth tier side

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Career

After making a name for himself in the Regionalliga Süd with

SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a Football in Germany, German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club merged with 1. Schwimmv ...

he moved to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

in 2008 where he initially played for the second team in the newly formed third division

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. He made his

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debut for the first team on 30 October 2010 in an away game against

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

, where he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute. On 22 January 2011, he debuted in the

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against

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

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. His first Bundesliga goal came on 12 March 2011 in the crucial away game to

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team plays in the Bundesliga from the 2024–25 Bundesli ...

where he scored the 88th-minute winner in a 2–1 victory that lifted his club out of the Bundesliga relegation zone. He had only been on the field for six minutes when he struck his goal, a well-taken shot from outside the box into the bottom corner. On 9 May 2011, Bundesliga club

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. (), commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim (), are a German professional association football, football club based in Sinsheim. Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into bei ...

announced it has signed Schipplock on a three-year contract. On 17 August 2014, Schipplock scored five goals in round 1 of

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where 1899 Hoffenheim beat 9–0

USC Paloma USC Paloma Hamburg is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag History The club was formed in August 1909 by a group of sports-mad juveniles and takes its name fr ...

to pass the round. On 24 July 2015, it was announced that Schipplock had signed for

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on a three-year contract for around £1.75 million. On 17 August 2016, Schipplock joined

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was bri ...

on a season-long loan. In 2018, Schipplock signed for

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

on a three-year deal.

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* Living people 1988 births Footballers from Reutlingen German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 2. Bundesliga players SSV Reutlingen 05 players VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Hamburger SV players SV Darmstadt 98 players Arminia Bielefeld players 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-forward-1980s-stub