Björn Kluft (born 11 January 1990) is a German

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who plays for TVD Velbert.

Career

Kluft, who had initially started out as

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as a youth player, began his senior career in 2009 at

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

's reserve team. After one season he moved to

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side

Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...

, where he made his professional debut on 31 July 2010 in a game against

Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in the Bremenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

. After Ahlen's relegation at the end of the season he joined newly promoted 3. Liga side

Preußen Münster Preußen or Preussen is the German word for Prussia. It also refers to: Ships * Preußen (ship), ''Preußen'' (ship), windjammer built in 1902 * SMS Preußen (1873), SMS ''Preußen'' (1873), armored frigate * SMS Preußen (1903), SMS ''Preußen ...

for 2011–12, where he became a regular starter. He then transferred to 2. Bundesliga side

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

for the 2012–13 season. However, due to an injury in his first pre-season friendly with Braunschweig, Kluft missed most of the season. He eventually made his competitive debut for the club on the last matchday of the season, in a 2–2 draw with

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. In August 2013, Kluft joined SV Sandhausen in the 2. Bundesliga on a one-year loan deal. In January 2015, he transferred to Rot-Weiss Essen in the

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered by the German Football Association#Western Germany, Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kluft, Bjorn 1990 births Living people Footballers from Wuppertal German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players Rot Weiss Ahlen players SC Preußen Münster players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players SV Sandhausen players Rot-Weiss Essen players FC Erzgebirge Aue players FC 08 Homburg players Chemnitzer FC players SV 19 Straelen players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen