Carsten Sträßer (born 5 July 1980) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Sträßer was born in

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. 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

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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 ...

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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 {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub