Thorsten Boer (born 12 August 1968 in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

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) is a German

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and former player. Boer joined the reserve team of BFC Dynamo in the second tier

DDR-Liga The DDR-Liga (English: GDR League or ''East German League'') was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic, commonly East Germany), bei ...

in 1987. The reserve teams of the DDR-Oberliga clubs were not allowed to participate in the DDR-Liga after the 1988-89 season. Boer was then transferred to SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde. SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde was affiliated to BFC Dynamo at the time. Boer was then allowed to make his debut for BFC Dynamo in the first tier

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 ...

in the 11th matchday of the 1989-90 DDR-Oberliga against

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig, Saxony. The club may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Lei ...

on 18 November 1989. BFC Dynamo was renamed FC Berlin after the

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. Boer then played for FC Berlin in the 1990-91 NOFV-Oberliga. He then left FC Berlin for

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

in 1991. Boer made a total of 85

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appearances for Chemnitzer FC and

Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berlin. History The team was founded in 1902 as ''Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia'' taking its name from its origins as a tennis and t ...

in the early 1990s.

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* 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Halle (Saale) People from Bezirk Halle German footballers East German footballers Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt Association football forwards 2. Bundesliga players FSV Union Fürstenwalde players Berliner FC Dynamo players Chemnitzer FC players Tennis Borussia Berlin players 1. FC Union Berlin players German football managers DDR-Oberliga players {{Germany-footy-forward-1960s-stub