Dominic Peitz (born 11 September 1984) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Geseke ''Geseke'' () is a town in the administrative district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Geseke is situated approximately 12 km south-east of Lippstadt and 20 km south-west of Paderborn. The city is located at the ...

, Peitz made his debut on the professional league level in the

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for

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The cl ...

on 15 August 2008 starting in a game against

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

. On 25 August 2012, he signed a permanent contract with

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

till 30 June 2015. After retiring at the end of the 2019-20 season, Peitz was appointed director of

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

's youth academy. At the end of 2022, he extended his contract with the club.KSV VERLÄNGERT VERTRAG MIT NLZ-DIREKTOR PEITZ
holstein-kiel.de, 14 December 2022

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* * * 1984 births Living people Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers SC Paderborn 07 players SV Werder Bremen II players VfL Osnabrück players 1. FC Union Berlin players FC Augsburg players FC Hansa Rostock players Karlsruher SC players Holstein Kiel players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub