Philipp Pentke (born 1 May 1985) is a German
footballer
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who plays for
Bundesliga
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club
1899 Hoffenheim.
Career
Pentke played for the youth team of BSC Freiberg before moving to
Dynamo Dresden
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in 2001. In 2004, he joined
TSV 1860 Munich
, commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football.
1860 Munich was one of the founding members o ...
on a free transfer but he did not make it in the first team and only played for the reserves. After three years, he joined
FC Augsburg
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but again did not play for the first team. In 2008, he transferred to
Energie Cottbus II as third goalkeeper. After one year without playing, he joined
Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football.
The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...
where he was a regular starter and played 183 matches.
At the end of the 2014–15 season, Chemnitz told Pentke that they would not extend his contract and so he joined Jahn Regensburg who played at that time in the
Regionalliga Bayern
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. From the beginning of the season, he was first goalkeeper and helped Regensburg to get promoted to the
3. Liga. In the next season, Regensburg reached the play-offs to the
2. Bundesliga against
TSV 1860 Munich
, commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football.
1860 Munich was one of the founding members o ...
. In the second leg of the play-offs in the
Allianz Arena
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, supporters of 1860 behind the goal of Pentke started to rip out seats and to throw them in onto the pitch. Pentke had to avoid these objects while playing.
Nevertheless, Regensburg won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.
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1985 births
Living people
TSV 1860 Munich II players
FC Augsburg players
FC Energie Cottbus II players
Chemnitzer FC players
SSV Jahn Regensburg players
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Association football goalkeepers
German footballers
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