Lukas Maria Görtler (born 15 June 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a

or forward for

FC St. Gallen Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the Swiss Super League. History Founde ...

Club career

Görtler joined Bayern in 2014, having previously been playing for Eintracht Bamberg. On 2 May 2015, he made his debut for first-team in away match against

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

. On 16 June 2015, it was confirmed that Görtler had signed a three-year contract with

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club

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...

. On 3 August 2017, it was confirmed that Görtler had signed a three-year contract with

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FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merg ...

. After two seasons with Utrecht, it was announced on 8 July 2019 that Görtler had joined Swiss club

. Having played as forward for most of his career, he was deployed as a

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at St. Gallen.

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* * 1994 births Living people Association football midfielders Association football forwards German footballers FC Bayern Munich II players FC Bayern Munich footballers 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Utrecht players FC St. Gallen players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Swiss Super League players German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Sportspeople from Bamberg Footballers from Bavaria {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub