Kai Pröger (born 15 May 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

Career

Pröger made his professional debut for

Mainz 05 II 1. FSV Mainz 05 II is a German association football club from the town of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the reserve team of 1. FSV Mainz 05. The team's greatest achievement came in 2014 when it won promotion to the 3. Liga for the first time ...

in the

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on 2 August 2014, coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute for Marc Wachs in the 2–2 away draw against

Fortuna Köln Fortuna (, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Re ...

. In January 2019, Präger joined 2. Bundesliga side

SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the ...

from fourth-tier

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latt ...

on a 2.5-year contract until 2021. After an extension until 2022, Pröger signed with

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

in May 2022. In summer 2024, he joined

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regen ...

. On 25 June 2025, Pröger moved to

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VfB Oldenburg II statistics
at Fussball.de * 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Wilhelmshaven Footballers from Lower Saxony German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders VfB Oldenburg players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players Berliner FC Dynamo players Rot-Weiss Essen players SC Paderborn 07 players FC Hansa Rostock players SSV Jahn Regensburg players VfL Osnabrück players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub