Thomas Kessler (born 20 January 1986) 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

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Club career

Kessler was born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

. He made his debut for

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 the 2006–07 season in the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

. Kessler joined

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club

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

on loan in June 2010. On 12 September 2010, he made his debut for FC St. Pauli in a league fixture against his former club, in Cologne.

International career

Kessler represented the

Germany national under-16 football team Germany national under-16 football team is the official representative of Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, a ...

once in 2002.

References

External links

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Thomas Kessler Interview
1986 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Cologne Men's association football goalkeepers Germany men's youth international footballers 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players FC St. Pauli players Eintracht Frankfurt players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub