Christian Vander (born 24 October 1980) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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. He was the second-choice goalkeeper at

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behind

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after the departure of veteran

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. Before joining Bremen in August 2005, he played for

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and

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. He made his league debut for Uerdingen at the age of 19, playing 90 minutes in a

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match against SpVgg Unterhaching on 9 May 1999. In 2014, Vander became goalkeeping coach at Werder Bremen.

Honours

Werder Bremen * DFL-Ligapokal:

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* DFB-Pokal: 2008–09

References

1980 births Living people People from Willich Footballers from Düsseldorf (region) German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Germany men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players KFC Uerdingen 05 players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players Borussia Mönchengladbach players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen non-playing staff {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub