Bjorn Lindemann (23 January 1984) is a German former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as an

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Career

Lindemann played in the youth for VfL Münchehagen, TSV Loccum and Hannover 96 II. From 2004 to 2006 he played for

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known as Holstein Kiel () or KSV Holstein, is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was o ...

in 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 ...

. For the 2006–07 season, he moved to

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, in the country's north. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...

, where he played half a year. In the winter break, he joined

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German Association football Football club (association football), club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the Sports club (East Germany), sports club ''SC Magdeburg'' and has bee ...

. In the summer of 2008, he moved to

SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the ...

. After a good first round, his performance dropped in the second half of the season so his contract was dissolved after the promotion of Paderborn in summer 2009. Lindemann then transferred to

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 Association football, football section. The footba ...

who were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga to the

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 ...

. Contributing eleven goals and twelve assists in the 2009–10 season he played a significant part in the promotion of Osnabrück to the 2. Bundesliga. In April 2011 he, along with Kevin Schöneberg, was suspended for appearing to training under the influence of alcohol. On 28 January 2012, Lindemann signed with Thai side Army United F.C. In September 2017, Lindemann returned to Germany, joining fourth-tier side 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder from

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. In February 2019, Lindemann left SSV Jeddeloh after seven months by mutual consent. In May 2020, it was reported that Lindemann had retired from playing.

Honours

VfL Osnabrück *

: 2009–10 Individual *

player of the year: 2009–10

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindemann, Bjorn 1984 births Living people Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Bjorn Lindemann Hannover 96 players Holstein Kiel players VfB Lübeck players 1. FC Magdeburg players SC Paderborn 07 players VfL Osnabrück players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players Bjorn Lindemann Bjorn Lindemann Bjorn Lindemann Bjorn Lindemann Bjorn Lindemann 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder players SSV Jeddeloh players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand People from Nienburg (district) Footballers from Lower Saxony 21st-century German sportsmen