Julian Ringhof (born 21 February 1989) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

College and amateur

Ringhof played five years of

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split between time at

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and the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Schoo ...

Professional

Ringhof signed with

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club

Rochester Rhinos Rochester New York FC, formerly known as the Rochester Rhinos, are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their name to Rochester Rhinos to ...

on 25 March 2015. The next season, he was signed by

Arizona United SC Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Championship. History On March 13, 2014, Kyle Eng, owner of an adver ...

on 18 February 2016.

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* 1989 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football defenders USL Championship players Regionalliga players San Diego Toreros men's soccer players Rochester New York FC players Phoenix Rising FC players FSV Optik Rathenow players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States {{Germany-footy-bio-stub