Anton Müller (born 22 October 1983) is a German

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. He played for

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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 ...

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, and

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Early life

Müller was born 22 October 1983 in

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, West Germany.

Career

Müller spent his early career in his hometown of

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, before joining

in 2003. Initially a

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player, he was promoted to the first-team in 2005, and made his 2. Bundesliga debut in a 1–0 defeat to

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as a substitute for

Denis Lapaczinski Denis Lapaczinski (born 26 September 1981) is a German former professional football player and manager who played as a defender. Playing career Lapaczinski was born in Reutlingen. He spent four seasons in the Bundesliga with Hertha BSC and H ...

. Müller would go on to make three more appearances that season (one in the

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), but none the following year, and left the club in 2007 to sign for

of the

NOFV-Oberliga Süd The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Ob ...

. He helped the club earn promotion to the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

in his first season, and a year later, he signed for

of the same division. Another promotion followed – Babelsberg won the title in 2010, and promotion to the

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, but after another year Müller was on the move again, signing for

. His first season in Halle ended in a second Regionalliga Nord title, and a return to the 3. Liga. After two seasons at this level, he signed for

of the

NOFV-Oberliga Nord The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of the former East Germany and West Berlin. It covers the States of Germany, German states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a ...

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* 1983 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Tennis Borussia Berlin players Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf players FC Hansa Rostock players Chemnitzer FC players SV Babelsberg 03 players Hallescher FC players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub