Carsten Sträßer (born 5 July 1980) 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 a
midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...
.
Career
Sträßer was born in
East Berlin
East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...
.
He joined
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 ...
from
Carl Zeiss Jena in 2010.
Personal life
He is the son of the
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
national player
Ralf Sträßer
Ralf Sträßer (born 20 June 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Born in Berlin, Sträßer began playing football for the BSG Post Berlin at eight years old and joined the youth department the BFC ...
.
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Germany men's youth international footballers
FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
FC Erzgebirge Aue players
SpVgg Unterhaching players
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players
SSV Jahn Regensburg players
Hertha BSC II players
Chemnitzer FC players
Wormatia Worms players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Footballers from Berlin
21st-century German sportsmen
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