Frank Lehmann (born 29 April 1989) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. History The club was founded in 1907 as ''FC Germania Elversberg''. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as ''Sportverein ...

Club career

Lehmann began his career with

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 ...

, and made one appearance for the

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, on the last day of the 2007–08 season. He spent the next two seasons on loan with

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

and then

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

, where he again played reserve team football, but he did make one appearance for the Cottbus first team in the

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, as a substitute for

Gerhard Tremmel Gerhard Martin "Gerry" Tremmel (born 16 November 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as a scout for Swansea City. Tremmel played in the Premier League, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA ...

on the last day of the 2009–10 season, in a 4–1 win over Rot-Weiss Ahlen. In 2010, Lehmann signed for 1. FC Heidenheim of the

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. In his first season, he served as backup to

Erol Sabanov Erol Sabanov (born 16 May 1974) is a German former footballer of Turkish Bulgarian origin who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the assistant manager and goalkeeper coach of Stuttgarter Kickers. Career Of Turkish descent, Sabanov began hi ...

, and made five appearances, but took over as first choice the following season. He lost his place to Sabanov again after 11 games of the 2012–13 season, and left the club in January 2013. After half a season without a club, he signed a one-year contract with

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 2 September 2013, which was later extended until 2016. After four years with Osnabrück, Lehmann moved to

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

club

on 2 August 2017.

International career

Lehmann gained two caps for the Germany U18 team, coming on for Mohamed Amsif in the first of two friendlies against

Turkey U18 Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

on 14 November 2006, and starting in the second tie on 16 November.

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* 1989 births Living people German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers VfB Stuttgart II players Eintracht Frankfurt II players FC Energie Cottbus II players FC Energie Cottbus players 1. FC Heidenheim players VfL Osnabrück players SV Elversberg players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub