Stefan Binder (born 12 October 1978) is a German former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Binder was born in

Waldkirchen Waldkirchen is the biggest town in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Germany. History Mentioned for the first time in 1203, it soon became an important trading place along the "Goldener Steig" (Golden Path), a salt-trading route between Bava ...

. He started his senior career at the SV Hutthurm but left soon for

SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Burghausen, Altötting, Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. ...

. In the 2002–03 season, he moved to SSV Jahn Regensburg where he stayed during the promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2003–04 and the relegation to Regionalliga Süd the following season. When SSV Jahn Regensburg was relegated again to the

Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...

in the 2005–06 season, he left for

Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionallig ...

but returned in 2007. In Regensburg he acquired the nickname "Bimbo" in reference to

Franz Binder Franz "Bimbo" Binder (1 December 1911 – 24 April 1989) was an Austrian football player and coach who played as a forward. Internationally he represented the Austria national football team and the Germany national football team during the Ansch ...

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* * 1978 births Living people People from Freyung-Grafenau Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria German footballers Association football defenders 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players TSV 1860 Munich players SV Wacker Burghausen players SSV Jahn Regensburg players Sportfreunde Siegen players Footballers from Bavaria {{Germany-footy-defender-1970s-stub