Max Christiansen (born 25 September 1996) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

club

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

Club career

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

native, Christiansen started playing football with local sides SV Adelby and Flensburg 08. In 2010, at the age of 13, he moved to the youth ranks of

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

where he stayed only one year, though. He joined the football academy of

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

, this included attending a private school. Subsequently, he made his way through Rostock's youth teams and eventually got promoted to the first team, playing then in

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. He debuted on 29 March 2014 in a home match against Stuttgarter Kickers, playing 80 minutes as a starter. In the following Christiansen became a regular and attracted the attention of several top- and second-flight clubs. In the next winter break, 2014–15, Rostock faced massive financial difficulties and had to acquire income through selling players. Christiansen moved to

club

FC Ingolstadt Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 e.V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingols ...

for a transfer fee of believed to be €500,000 and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract until 2018. Shortly after the end of the 2020–21 season

SpVgg Greuther Fürth Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following relegation from the B ...

, newly promoted to the

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, announced the signing of Christiansen for the 2021–22 season. He joined on a free transfer and signed a contract until 2023. Christiansen joined

ahead of the 2023–24 season on a two-year contract.

International career

Christiansen was

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of the Germany U20 team and earned six caps. Previously he also was capped for the U19 and U17 teams. He was part of the squad for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, where Germany won the silver medal.

Honours

FC Ingolstadt *

: 2014–15 Germany *

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

: Silver Medal

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansen, Max 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Flensburg German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's youth international footballers FC Hansa Rostock players FC Ingolstadt 04 players FC Ingolstadt 04 II players Arminia Bielefeld players SV Waldhof Mannheim players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Hannover 96 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Germany men's under-21 international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in football German people of Danish descent Footballers from Schleswig-Holstein