Axel Bellinghausen (born 17 May 1983) is a retired German

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and current assistant manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Career

Born in Siegburg,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

he started at the age of five playing football at TuS 05 Oberpleis. In 1993, when he was ten years old, he went to

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. He left

five years later to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf where he became a professional football player in 2001.

Honours

Augsburg *

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runner-up:

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* 1983 births Living people People from Siegburg Footballers from Cologne (region) German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Fortuna Düsseldorf players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Augsburg players {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub