Florian Rudy (born January 7, 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for

SV Heimstetten SV Heimstetten is a German association football club based in the Kirchheim district of Munich, Bavaria. History The club was founded in 1967 and in addition to a football team has departments for basketball, gymnastics, Judo, table tennis, t ...

. He is the brother of

Sebastian Rudy Sebastian Rudy (born 28 February 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim. He represented the Germany national team. Club career VfB Stuttgart Rudy joined VfB Stuttgart's youth aca ...

Career

Rudy played as a youth for four of southwest Germany's top clubs (

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 ...

, 1899 Hoffenheim, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and

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 ...

), but it was with

FC 08 Villingen FC 08 Villingen is a German association football club based in Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg. The association was founded on 1 October 1908 and over time absorbed other local clubs including ''Germania'', ''Alemania'' and ''Phönix ...

of the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German footb ...

that he made his breakthrough in senior football. He spent three and a half years with the club, making over a hundred appearances, before joining

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league B ...

of the 3. Liga in January 2012. He made his debut for the club a month later, as a substitute for Ömer Kanca in a 5–1 defeat to

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

, and made a further five appearances before the end of the season. After making no appearances during the first half of the 2012–13 season, he joined

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...

side

on a six-month loan in January 2013. At the end of the season, the move was made permanent.

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* 1989 births Living people German footballers SpVgg Unterhaching players 3. Liga players Association football forwards SpVgg Unterhaching II players SV Heimstetten players FC 08 Villingen players {{Germany-footy-forward-1980s-stub