Manuel Salz (born 6 August 1985) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Salz was born in Böblingen,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. He began his career with SV Hohenwart and signed than with VfR Pforzheim in 2002. In summer 2003, he left VfR Pforzheim and signed with

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. History In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...

where he played for the reserve team. After fifty games with the reserve

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German foot ...

, he was promoted to 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 th ...

team. On 22 April 2009, he announced his departure from Stuttgarter Kickers. On 29 May 2009, Salz signed a contract with

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

until 30 June 2011. Salz retired from playing in summer 2021, leaving

1. CfR Pforzheim 1. Club für Rasenspiele Pforzheim 1896 e.V., commonly known as 1. CfR Pforzheim is a football club based in Pforzheim, Germany. The club play in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, which is the fifth tier of football in the country. History On 3 J ...

for which he had played since 2014.

Personal life

His brother Dominik is also a footballer. They played together at

1. FC Pforzheim 1. FC Pforzheim was a German association football club playing in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established on 5 May 1896 and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. In 2010 it merged with V ...

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* * * 1985 births Living people People from Böblingen Footballers from Stuttgart (region) German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Stuttgarter Kickers players FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players SC Freiburg players {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub