Justin Eilers (born 13 June 1988) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

Germania Halberstadt VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt. History The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as ''Betriebssportgemeinschaft Reichsbahn Halberstadt'' before being renamed ''BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt'' ...

Career

Born in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

, Eilers made his professional debut on 13 September 2008 for hometown club

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

in a match against

Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...

. After leaving Braunschweig in 2009, Eilers went back into semi-professional football until signing with Dynamo Dresden of the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

on 20 June 2014. He was voted "Player of the Season" for the 2015–16 3. Liga season. In April 2016,

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

announced Eilers would be joining the club on a three-year contract in the summer. In the first half of the 2016–17 season, he suffered from a hip injury and underwent a groin operation which, in connection with the resulting training deficit, kept him out of action. In the second half of the season, he played in the club's reserves to regain fitness and match practice before he suffered another injury tearing his anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in May 2017. In June 2018

Apollon Smyrnis Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

announced the signing of Eilers. In December, after making one appearance which came on the season's first matchday, he agreed the termination of his contract. On 24 January 2019, Eilers signed a contract with

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well ...

for the rest of the season. Due to persistent hip problems he was limited to two substitute appearances and left the club at the end of the season. In September 2020, Eilers moved to

SC Verl SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football. The club was promoted to the profes ...

, newly promoted to the

, on a one-year contract with an optional extension. In the 2021–22 season he played for

Hallescher FC Hallescher FC, sometimes still called by its former popular name Chemie Halle, is a German association football club based in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third highest level in the German footb ...

. Eilers joined

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin. It i ...

side

in August 2022.

Personal life

In November 2019, Eilers announced he had registered as

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Honours

Individual *

topscorer: 2016

References

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* * * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Braunschweig German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Eintracht Braunschweig II players Eintracht Braunschweig players VfL Bochum II players Goslarer SC 08 players VfL Wolfsburg II players Dynamo Dresden players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Sportfreunde Lotte players SC Verl players Hallescher FC players VfB Germania Halberstadt players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Football League (Greece) players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece {{Germany-footy-forward-1980s-stub