Stephan Fürstner (born 11 September 1987) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Bayern Munich

For

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, in the 2005–06 season, he scored a goal in 20 appearances, and in the following season, he scored two goals in 26 appearances. He was promoted to

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's main squad after playing 20 games in the 2005–06 season for Bayern's second team in the Regionalliga Süd. Fürstner has also played five matches for

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's U-19 squad and two games for U-21 squad. He saw his first action with Bayern Munich's first-team in their 2006 friendly against

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. His only competitive match for the first team was on 5 May 2007 against

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when he came on in the 87th minute of a 1–1 draw. In his final two seasons at Bayern, he played a 50 matches scoring a goal in each season.

Greuther Fürth

Fürstner signed for Greuther Fürth on 5 June 2009. Since then, he became an integral part of the team which won the Second Bundesliga in

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Union Berlin

Fürstner signed a contract with

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for two years plus an option year starting in the 2015–16 season. At the end of the 2017–18 season his contract expired and he left the club.

Eintracht Braunschweig

In June 2018, Fürstner signed for

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Career statistics

*1.Includes German Cup. *2.Includes promotion playoff.

Honours

* 2. Bundesliga: 2011–12 *

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: 2005–06, 2007–08 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

: 2005–06, 2007–08 *

DFB-Ligapokal The DFL-Ligapokal (, officially Premiere Ligapokal , previously DFB-Ligapokal ) or the ''German League Cup'' was a German football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five teams of the previous ...

: 2007 *

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: 2005

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* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Munich Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players 1. FC Union Berlin players Eintracht Braunschweig players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Germany men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub