Christian Träsch (born 1 September 1987) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Träsch had his professional debut on 3 February 2008 against

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. He scored his first goal for VfB Stuttgart on 5 October 2008 against

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from a 25-meter volley. On 21 January 2009, he extended his contract at VfB Stuttgart until the summer of 2012. On 25 July 2011, Träsch moved to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

. On 25 October 2014, Träsch played 89 minutes in a reserve team match where he scored a 10th-minute goal. On 30 May 2015, he played as Wolfsburg won the German Cup for the first time defeating Borussia Dortmund 3–1 at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin. Träsch announced his retirement from playing in October 2020 aged 33. He appeared in over 240 matches in the top two divisions of the German football pyramid.

International career

Träsch was nominated on 19 May 2009 to the senior Germany squad for a tour of Asia. He made his debut on this tour in a match against

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on 2 June. He was substituted on in the 79th minute for

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. His tenth and last international match was a 3-3 between

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and Germany on 11 November 2011 in

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Career statistics

Honours

1860 Munich *

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: 2005–06 VfL Wolfsburg *

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: 2014–15 * DFL-Supercup:

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* * * 1987 births Living people Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers Germany men's international footballers TSV 1860 Munich players TSV 1860 Munich II players VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players VfL Wolfsburg players FC Ingolstadt 04 players Al Wasl F.C. players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players UAE Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates German expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Footballers from Upper Bavaria Sportspeople from Ingolstadt {{germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub