Björn Kluft (born 11 January 1990) is a German
footballer
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who plays for TVD Velbert.
Career
Kluft, who had initially started out as
goalkeeper
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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
3. Liga
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
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
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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
FSV Frankfurt
Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt and known as simply Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hessen and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt ...
.
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. ...
.
References
External links
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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