Christopher Nöthe (born 3 January 1988) is a German 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 forward.

Career

Born in

Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel (), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Geography Castrop-Rauxel is located in Germany between Dort ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

, Nöthe made his debut on the professional league level in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

for

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

on 29 September 2007 coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute in a game against

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

. He started in the next game, but was substituted and only played in one more league game for Borussia that season. He represented Germany at the youth level once in 2009, in a 6–0 win over

San Marino national under-21 football team The San Marino national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of San Marino in the UEFA U-21 Championship, and is controlled by the San Marino Football Federation (FSGC, ), the governing body of football of the state. San Marino nation ...

. Nöthe retired from playing in summer 2019, due to injury problems and upon expiration of his contract at

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

Honours

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

finalist: 2007–08

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* * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Castrop-Rauxel German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players FC St. Pauli players FC St. Pauli II players Arminia Bielefeld players 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-forward-1980s-stub