Thorsten Kirschbaum (born 20 April 1987) is a German professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
Kirschbaum was a member of the team of
1899 Hoffenheim that won promotion to the
2. Bundesliga. On 10 January 2009, he moved from 1899 Hoffenheim to Liechtenstein to play for
FC Vaduz
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of the
Swiss Super League
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and was released on 30 June 2009. After one year he left
SV Sandhausen
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and signed a three-year contract for
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 ...
.
After the end of his contract with Cottbus on 1 July 2013, Kirschbaum 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 ...
on a
free transfer. On 10 March 2013, he signed a contract until June 2016 with VfB Stuttgart.
On 1 July 2015, Kirschbaum moved to
1. FC Nürnberg.
On 27 May 2019, Kirschbaum joined
VVV-Venlo
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on a free transfer.
In summer 2021, he moved to
Jahn Regensburg.
International career
Kirschbaum has made seven appearances for the
Germany U-21.
Career statistics
Honours
Individual
*
Eredivisie Player of the Month:
February 2020
References
External links
*
1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Würzburg
German men's footballers
Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Germany men's youth international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Oberliga (football) players
Swiss Super League players
Eredivisie players
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players
FC Vaduz players
SV Sandhausen players
FC Energie Cottbus players
VfB Stuttgart players
1. FC Nürnberg players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
VVV-Venlo players
SSV Jahn Regensburg players
Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
21st-century German sportsmen
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