Alexander Winkler (born 26 January 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for Swiss club

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

Career

Winkler began his career with, Unterhaching who he joined from

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in 2007, and made his

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debut four years later, as a substitute for the injured Jonas Hummels in a 4–1 defeat to

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. He suffered an injury himself three games later, which ruled him out of action for almost two years, before he left Unterhaching at the end of the 2012–13 season. He signed for

Wacker Burghausen II The SV Wacker Burghausen II is a defunct German association football club from Burghausen, Bavaria. It was the reserve team of SV Wacker Burghausen. The team's greatest successes came in 2005 and 2012 when it qualified on both occasions for the ...

shortly afterwards, where he would spend one season before joining

SpVgg Neckarelz SpVgg Neckarelz is a German association football club from the city of Neckarelz, Baden-Württemberg, playing in the Verbandsliga Baden. History The club was established in June 1921 as ''Fußballverein Neckarelz'' and was renamed ''Spielverein ...

of the

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in July 2014. Later he signed again for SpVgg Unterhaching. On 4 January 2023, Winkler signed a 1.5-year contract with

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. On 24 July 2023, Winkler moved to

in Switzerland.

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* * 1992 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Munich Men's association football defenders SpVgg Unterhaching players SpVgg Unterhaching II players SV Wacker Burghausen players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Hallescher FC players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub