Stephan Salger (born 30 January 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a defender for 1. FC Köln II.

Club career

Born in

Düren Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people ...

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, Salger joined the youth system of

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

in 2002. He made his debut for the club at the beginning of the

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season in a 3–1 defeat against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He had a spell on loan at

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The cl ...

in the 2011–12 season, before signing for

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

in 2012. After eight years at Arminia Bielefeld, he joined

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for an undisclosed fee in September 2020.

International career

On 16 November 2010, Salger earned his first cap for the Germany U21 team after coming on as a second-half substitute in the 2–0 win against

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in a

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* * 1990 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Germany men's under-21 international footballers 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players VfL Osnabrück players Arminia Bielefeld players TSV 1860 Munich players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Sportspeople from Düren Footballers from Cologne (region) {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub