Bjarne Thoelke (born 11 April 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken (german: 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken e. V.) is a football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. The club began its existence as the football de ...

Club career

On 18 June 2012, it was announced that Thoelke went on a two-year loan deal to

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

until June 2014. On 2 June 2015,

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

announced their signing of Thoelke on a two-year contract. In June 2017, after his contract with Karlsruhe had expired, he signed for

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side

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for a year. In January 2021, after trialling with

, Thoelke joined the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

club. He left the club as a free agent at the end of the 2020–21 season. On 28 January 2022, 1. FC Saarbrücken signed Thoelke once again.

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* 1992 births Living people People from Gifhorn German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players Dynamo Dresden players Karlsruher SC players Hamburger SV players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players 1. FC Saarbrücken players Footballers from Lower Saxony German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub