Fabian Schönheim (born 14 February 1987) is a German professional

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who plays as a defender. He is a free agent.

Early career

After spending the first part of his youth career with local side Rehborn, Schönheim signed for

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and played in their youth team for a further four years. He then, in 2005, began in the first team aged 18. He went on to make nearly 50 league appearances for the club and the reserves. He was at the club when they were relegated from the

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in the 2005–06 season.

Club career

SV Wehen Wiesbaden

He joined newly relegated

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side Wehen Wiesbaden. He played a big role at the club for two seasons, played in 74 league games and scored 4 times.

Mainz 05

The defender then moved to

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

in 2011 but struggled to break into the first team and only played ten games for the reserve side.

Union Berlin

The following season Schönheim joined

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outfit

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. He has been involved in many unsuccessful promotion pushes since joining and has now played more than 100 games for the club. He has also spent the majority of his professional career at Union and scored 5 goals.

International career

Schönheim made six appearances at U-19 level for Germany. He also played ten times at U-21 level.

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* * 1987 births Living people People from Bad Kreuznach (district) German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players SV Wehen Wiesbaden II players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players 1. FC Union Berlin players Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub