Tim Grossklaus (born 22 July 1987) is a German former 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 lea ...

who played as a

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Career

Grossklaus was born in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

, West Germany. He started his career at

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

's youth team in 2005 and had a successful second season there in which he scored 21 goals in 29 appearances for FC Basel Under-21s. His goal-scoring form caught the eye of many Austrian and Swiss clubs and he eventually joined Liechtenstein side

FC Vaduz Fussball Club Vaduz (En: ''Football Club Vaduz'') is a professional association football, football club from Vaduz, Liechtenstein that plays in the Challenge League (Switzerland), Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. The club pla ...

in summer 2007. He helped the club secure promotion to the

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

from the

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the wi ...

in the 2007–08 season. On 15 January 2009, he moved to

FC Wil FC Wil (''Fussball Club Wil 1900'') is a Association football, football club based in Wil, Switzerland. They play in the ''Sportpark Bergholz'', which has a total capacity of 6,048. The club has consistently played in the Swiss Challenge League, ...

on loan along with teammate Diren Akdemir.Grossklaus and Akdemir join Wil on Loan

References

External links

Profile at Swiss Football League Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grossklaus, Tim Living people 1987 births German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Swiss Super League players FC Basel players FC Vaduz players FC Wil players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein Footballers from Freiburg im Breisgau 21st-century German sportsmen