Thorsten Kirschbaum (born 20 April 1987) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

club

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

Club career

Kirschbaum was a member of the team of

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

that won promotion to the

. On 10 January 2009, he moved from

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...

to play for

FC Vaduz FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakis ...

of the

Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...

and was released on 30 June 2009. After one year he left

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

and signed a three-year contract for

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

. After the end of his contract with Cottbus on 1 July 2013, Kirschbaum moved to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

on a free transfer. On 10 March 2013, Thorsten Kirschbaum signed a contract until June 2016 with VfB Stuttgart. On 1 July 2015, Kirschbaum moved to

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

. On 27 May 2019, Kirschbaum joined

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

on a free transfer. In summer 2021, he moved to

International career

Kirschbaum has made seven appearances for the Germany U-21.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

Eredivisie Player of the Month The Eredivisie Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best adjudged Eredivisie player each month of the season. The Eredivisie Player of the Month award is based on statistics ( StatsPerform) and votes from footba ...

: February 2020

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* 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Würzburg German footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Germany youth international footballers Association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Swiss Super League players Eredivisie players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players FC Vaduz players SV Sandhausen players FC Energie Cottbus players VfB Stuttgart players 1. FC Nürnberg players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players VVV-Venlo players SSV Jahn Regensburg players Expatriate footballers in Liechtenstein Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Footballers from Bavaria {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub