Jan Zimmermann (born 19 April 1985) is a German football coach and former player who is the goalkeeping coach for

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side

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Career

Zimmermann was born in

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and raised in

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. A

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, he started his professional career at

for the

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, competing in the Oberliga, the fourth German tier. After absolving his youth academy time, Zimmermann earned a professional contract for the 2004–05 season and had five Bundesliga appearances as third choice goalkeeper. In 2011, he moved to

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Sp ...

. On 13 May 2014, he signed a two-year contract with 1. FC Heidenheim.

Career statistics

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 2017-18 Darmstadt 98 *

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third place: 2013–14

References

Perfekt: 1860 holt Keeper Zimmermann
tz.de, 23 June 2016

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmermann, Jan 1985 births Men's association football goalkeepers Living people German men's footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt II players SV Darmstadt 98 players 1. FC Heidenheim players TSV 1860 Munich players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 2. Bundesliga players Footballers from Offenbach am Main