Thorsten Becker (born 13 May 1980) is a German
footballer
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, who in 1992 moved from
Fortuna Schlangen
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to
SC Paderborn
Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...
and has played in the club's first-team squad from 2001 to 2009. He helped Paderborn gain promotion to the second level of the Bundesliga in the 2004–05 season. He suffered a knee injury in late 2005 which resulted in a long-term absence from the club.
After he retired from playing football, Becker became a coach and joined Paderborn's under-19 team as co-manager in June 2016.
References
1980 births
Living people
German men's footballers
SC Paderborn 07 players
2. Bundesliga players
Men's association football defenders
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