Thomas Gansauge (born 4 June 1970) 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 ...

who played as a defender. Gansauge started his career at

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

, going on to make 81 appearances in the

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with Hansa Rostock and

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 ...

Club career

Born in

Bergen auf Rügen Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the ''Amt'' of Bergen auf ...

, Gansauge grew up in Bergen auf Rügen and

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

and started his career at

. After playing for

Hansa Rostock II FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

and a spell on loan at BSG Motor Stralsund, he made his debut for Hansa Rostock on 5 September 1990, in a 3–0 win in the

DDR-Oberliga The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany. Overview Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...

away at FC Berlin. He left Hansa Rostock in 1991, playing for Rasensport Elmshorn,

SV Lurup SV Lurup is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg in the federal state of the same name. __TOC__ History The club was founded in 1923 as ''Turn- und Sportverein Lurup'' in the former town Lurup and later that same year m ...

and PSV Rostock before rejoining Hansa Rostock in 1996. He made 71 Bundesliga appearances for Hansa Rostock before leaving the club in 1999 for

. He made 10 Bundesliga appearances as Bielefeld were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. He joined Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 2001 before retiring in 2004.

Personal life

Gausange has lived in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

since 2005 and runs ''Schwaben AC'' as well as the ''Hansa Soccer Academy''.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gansauge, Thomas 1970 births Living people People from Bergen auf Rügen East German men's footballers German men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the United States Men's association football defenders FC Hansa Rostock players Arminia Bielefeld players FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players DDR-Oberliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania