Christoph Semmler (born 3 March 1980) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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. He works as goalkeeper coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Playing career

Semmler made his professional league level debut in the

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for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 17 August 2008 when he started a game against TuS Koblenz.

Coaching career

From the summer 2013 until the summer 2018, Semmler worked as a goalkeeper coach for Borussia Mönchengladbach II and the club's youth teams. In May 2015, Semmler held a training camp for goalkeepers in

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. On 26 June 2018, Semmler was appointed goalkeeper coach of Belgian club

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. He left the club again at the end of the season. On 4 January 2020, he was hired goalkeeper coach of

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club Fortuna Düsseldorf.CHRISTOPH SEMMLER WIRD NEUER TORWARTTRAINER
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References

1980 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Liga Portugal 2 players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Wuppertaler SV players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Schwarz-Weiß Essen players C.F. Os Belenenses players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal People from Wilhelmshaven Footballers from Lower Saxony {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub