Björn Ziegenbein (born 30 April 1986) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
Career
Ziegenbein was born in
Alzenau
Alzenau (; until 31 December 2006 officially ''Alzenau i.UFr.'') is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Until 1 July 1972 ...
. He made his debut on the professional league level in the
2. Bundesliga for
1860 Munich
, commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; ''sechzig'' locally ; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of the German football pyramid. Their current home gr ...
on 29 March 2006 when he came on as a substitute for
Slobodan Komljenovic in the 78th minute in a game against
Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.
History
The club was founded on 13 Novemb ...
.
On 5 August 2016, he signed a three-year contract with Energie Cottbus.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
People from Alzenau
Footballers from Lower Franconia
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Germany men's youth international footballers
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
TSV 1860 Munich players
TSV 1860 Munich II players
SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
FC Hansa Rostock players
Hallescher FC players
21st-century German sportsmen
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