Sebastian Kneißl (born 13 January 1983) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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and

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Club career

After beginning as a youth player in Germany with KSG Mitlechtern, FC 07 Bensheim and

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, Kneißl signed for English side Chelsea in 2000. He stayed with Chelsea for five years, and although he did not make any league appearances, he spent loan spells in Scotland with

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, where he played in 11 league games, scoring one goal, and in Belgium with

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. After leaving Chelsea in 2005 he played for German clubs

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and Fortuna Düsseldorf, before returning to England with

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in September 2007, where he made one league appearance before leaving in October 2007. He signed for

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in December 2007, but left after just one league appearance. He next signed for

SpVgg Weiden SpVgg SV Weiden, formerly just SpVgg Weiden, is a German association football club from the city of Weiden, Bavaria. Playing in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd in 2010–11, the club had to declare insolvency after being more than Euro 1 milli ...

in July 2008, before moving to

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in January 2009 on another free transfer. After retiring in October 2013, after playing for

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in the Regionalliga Bayern, Kneißl decided to make a comeback in the tier seven Bezirksliga in 2015–16.

International career

Kneißl represented Germany at the

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, in which the Germany U19 finished second, and at the

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Honours

Germany U19 * UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship: runner-up

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kneissl, Sebastian 1983 births Living people People from Bergstraße (district) Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region) German footballers Footballers from Hesse Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers Chelsea F.C. players Dundee F.C. players K.V.C. Westerlo players SV Wacker Burghausen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players AFC Wimbledon players Wivenhoe Town F.C. players 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 players SV Heimstetten players Scottish Premier League players Belgian Pro League players 2. Bundesliga players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate footballers in Scotland