Daniel Halfar (born 7 January 1988) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

, Halfar began his career at MFC Phönix Mannheim 02. In 1997, he joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He made his debut on 11 December 2005 against

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. Ten days later, with Halfar having made three substitute appearances in the

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, it was announced his first professional contract had been agreed, which would run from 1 January 2006 to 30 June 2010. He scored his first two goals in a match against

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

on 4 February 2006. making him the youngest Kaiserslautern player to score (18 years, 28 days). Following his first season, Halfar was seen as a very big talent. In August 2007 he moved to

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

. He scored his first goal for his new club on 22 November 2008 against

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

. After three seasons with Arminia Bielefeld and scoring only one goal for the club, he was sold on a free transfer to

1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. 1860 Munich was one of the founding members of ...

. In the summer of 2013 he transferred to

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

, signing a three-year contract. After having played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern between 2015 and 2018, Halfar retired from football in November 2018 due to a hip injury.

International career

Halfar played for the Germany U21 national team.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halfar, Daniel 1988 births Living people Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players Arminia Bielefeld players TSV 1860 Munich players 1. FC Köln players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Germany men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Mannheim