Jan Tauer (born 26 August 1983) is a German former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
defender.
Career
Tauer was born in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...
.
He joined
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
Name
The club is name ...
from
Eintracht Braunschweig at the start of the 2007 season, and made his
Allsvenskan debut for Djurgården against
IF Brommapojkarna
Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is t ...
. He scored his first goal for Djurgården against
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...
when IFK midfielder
Niclas Alexandersson tried to clear the ball and hit Tauer in the back, which made the ball to bounce into the goal. Tauer left Djurgården after the 2009 season and signed on 21 December 2009 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 c ...
.
Personal life
In summer 2017 Tauer returned to Germany from Sweden and joined lower league club DJK Sparta Bilk.
References
External links
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Jan Tauer Interview
Living people
1983 births
Footballers from Düsseldorf
German footballers
Association football defenders
Allsvenskan players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Fortuna Düsseldorf players
KFC Uerdingen 05 players
Eintracht Braunschweig players
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
VfL Osnabrück players
Iraklis Psachna F.C. players
IK Brage players
German expatriate footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
German expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Greece
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