Simon Zoller (born 26 June 1991) is a German professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club VfL Bochum.

Career

Zoller began his career with

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, and made his debut for the club in November 2010, as a substitute for Patrick Dulleck in a 0–0 draw with

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The ...

in the

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. Karlsruhe were relegated to the

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at the end of the following season. Zoller left the club, signing for VfL Osnabrück, along with teammates

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and Timo Staffeldt. In June 2013, he signed a four-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side

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 ...

. A year later, after outstanding performances for Kaiserslautern, he signed for recently promoted

side

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ball ...

on a four-year deal. Köln had to pay a transfer fee of reportedly €3 million. However, Zoller could not fulfill the high expectations during the first half of the 2014–15 campaign and returned subsequently in the winter break on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the remainder of the season. After an extended period of limited playing time in 2018, it was announced that Zoller would join VfL Bochum from January 2019.

Personal life

Zoller married television presenter Laura Wontorra on 12 November 2016. Laura is the daughter of journalist

Jörg Wontorra Jörg Wontorra (born 29 November 1948 in Lübeck) is a German television presenter and sports journalist. Wontorra lives in Marbella, Spain. He has two children, Marcel and Laura. Awards * Bayerischer Fernsehpreis Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (t ...

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* * * 1991 births Living people People from Friedrichshafen Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) German footballers Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Association football forwards Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Karlsruher SC players Karlsruher SC II players VfL Osnabrück players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Köln players VfL Bochum players {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub