Christoph Preuß (born 4 July 1981) is a German former professional

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who played as a defender or

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Career

Preuß was born in

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, and raised in the Hessian town of Linden. He played for local side TSV Großen-Linden, before moving to

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in the 2005–06 season. In the 2006–07 campaign he was injured for almost the whole first half of the season. On 17 March 2007, he secured a 1–0 victory against Bayern Munich with a spectacular

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goal which earned Preuß the Goal of the Month award and finished second in the Goal of the Year poll. Later, he was plagued with injuries. After coming back from a two-year injury he appeared three times in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt but was injured once again. On 28 January 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

He was an under-17 national and played for all DFB youth teams up to the under-21 team.

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Christoph Preuß
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