Christian Cappek (born 25 July 1990) is a German

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who plays as a

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Career

Cappek played as youth for FC Augsburg and TSV 1860 Munich before joining

SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Burghausen, Altötting, Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. ...

in 2008, where he made his senior debut in a 3–1

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win over

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. He came on as a substitute for David Solga and scored Burghausen's third goal in the 88th minute. After three years with Wacker, he signed for

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side

FC Erzgebirge Aue Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. ...

in July 2011. He was released on a free transfer in November 2012 after six appearances for the club, the last of which had come almost a year earlier. Two months later he signed for

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, where he spent half a season before joining Kickers Offenbach. In the summer 2015, Cappek joined Chemnitzer FC.

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* 1990 births Living people German men's footballers SV Wacker Burghausen players FC Erzgebirge Aue players FC Augsburg players Kickers Offenbach players Chemnitzer FC players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Augsburg {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub