Mike Jesse (born 1 May 1973) is a former professional

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. Jesse began playing football for enterprise sports communities BSG Chemie Schmöckwitz, BSG Motor Wildau, BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide and BSG Rotation Berlin. He then joined the youth department of

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BFC Dynamo Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...

in 1989. Jesse made his first appearance with the first team of BFC Dynamo, then named FC Berlin, as a substitute for Jens-Uwe Zöphel away against

F.C. 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 ...

in the 17th matchday of the

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on 17 March 1991. He then became a regular player for FC Berlin the 1991-92 NOFV-Oberliga. Jesse left FC Berlin for BSV Brandeburg after the 1993-94 season. He scored six goals in 33 games for BSV Brandenburg in the 1994-95 Regionalliga Nordost. He was then signed by

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for the following season. Jesse had success in the 1996-97 DFB-Pokal with FC Energie Cottbus. The team made it all the way to the final. However, Jesse did not appear in the final. He then achieved promotion to the

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with FC Energie Cottbus in the 1996-97 Regionaliga Nordost. Jesse made 74 appearances for FC Energie Cottbus in the 2. Bundesliga.

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* 1973 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football defenders 2. Bundesliga players FC Energie Cottbus players Tennis Borussia Berlin players Berliner FC Dynamo players DDR-Oberliga players People from Königs Wusterhausen Footballers from Brandenburg {{Germany-footy-defender-1970s-stub