Philipp Pentke (born 1 May 1985) is a German

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who plays for

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club 1899 Hoffenheim.

Career

Pentke played for the youth team of BSC Freiberg before moving to

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

in 2001. In 2004, he joined

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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 Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...

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

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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

. In the second leg of the play-offs in the

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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 {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub