Christian Eigler (born 1 January 1984) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Eigler was born in

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. He started his professional career at

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. In 2006, he finished the

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season with 18 goals, which made him top scorer of the league and took part in the

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with the German squad. He was transferred to Greuther Fürth's rivals Nürnberg in 2008, when Thomas von Heesen was coach there. He had previously played in another squad for which von Heesen has had responsibility for some time,

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. His professional playing career ended in 2015 after his three-year stay at FC Ingolstadt 04.

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* * 1984 births Living people People from Roth (district) Footballers from Middle Franconia German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Ingolstadt 04 players 1. FC Nürnberg players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Arminia Bielefeld players {{Germany-footy-forward-1980s-stub