Pascal Köpke (born 3 September 1995) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

. He is the son of former German international

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Andreas Köpke.

Club career

Köpke spent ten years in

's youth team, before joining SpVgg Unterhaching in July 2013. Four months later he made his debut for the club as a substitute for Marius Duhnke in a

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match against VfB Stuttgart II, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 win. The goal - an

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- was voted as goal of the month for November 2013. In June 2018,

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announced Köpke would join for the 2018–19 season, reportedly signing a four-year contract until 2022, after previously having been on the verge of a move to

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. On 29 August 2020, Köpke returned to

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Pascal Köpke
at Kicker * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Hanau Men's association football forwards German footballers SpVgg Unterhaching players SpVgg Unterhaching II players Karlsruher SC players FC Erzgebirge Aue players Hertha BSC players Hertha BSC II players 1. FC Nürnberg players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Germany men's youth international footballers Footballers from Hesse {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub