Ingo Anderbrügge (; born 2 January 1964) is a German former professional

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who played mostly as an

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Football career

Anderbrügge was born in

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. He started playing professionally with

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

, making his

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debut on 7 July 1984, in a 2–3 home loss against

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. After a final poor season, in 1987–88, he moved to

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

, then in the second division. In his first three years, he netted a total of 36 league goals, eventually gaining promotion in

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. A regular fixture on the team during the next six years, with the

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conquest in 1996–97, his only professional accolade (he netted his

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attempt in the final against

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), Anderbrügge could only manage however 33 appearances from 1997–2000, and retired after a brief spell with

Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionalli ...

, in the

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, having totalled 53 goals in 292 first division contests (397/89 in all three levels). In March 2008, Anderbrügge began his professional manager career, in the same division where he finished his playing activity, with

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– he had previously managed amateurs SpVgg Erkenschwick and VfB Hüls in

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Other ventures

After retiring as a player, and before he started coaching, Anderbrügge played two seasons as a

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for

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team Rhein Fire. He also founded a football school and, in March 2009, was appointed technical director of the ''Deutsches Fußball Internat'', a boarding school for youths. Anderbrügge currently works as a pundit and analyst for German TV channel

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Honours

Schalke 04 *

: 1996–97

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderbrugge, Ingo 1964 births Living people People from Datteln Sportspeople from Münster (region) German footballers Association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Borussia Dortmund players FC Schalke 04 players Sportfreunde Siegen players Germany under-21 international footballers German football managers German players of American football Rhein Fire players SV Wacker Burghausen managers Footballers who switched code American football placekickers SpVgg Erkenschwick players UEFA Cup winning players VfB Hüls managers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia