Christian Henel (born 28 January 1988) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Henel was born in Bad Dürkheim,

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. At the age of 15, he left his hometown Bad Dürkheim where he played for SV 1911 Bad Dürkheim to go to 1. FC Kaiserslautern which played in the

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. After three years in the youth ranks of the club he became the opportunity to play with the second team in the Regionalliga Süd while the first team had to join the

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. Although the second squad of FCK had no chance to stay in the

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, Henel had an important role in the team and could score eight times in 29 games. From summer 2007, he was part of the first team and played twice in the 2. Bundesliga. In summer 2010, he joined

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henel, Christian 1988 births Living people People from Bad Dürkheim Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers 2. Bundesliga players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players SV Darmstadt 98 players Wormatia Worms players KSV Hessen Kassel players FK Pirmasens players TuS Mechtersheim players