Lukas Maria Görtler (born 15 June 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club St. Gallen.

Club career

Görtler joined Bayern in 2014, having previously been playing for Eintracht Bamberg. On 2 May 2015, he made his debut for first-team in away match against

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

. On 16 June 2015, it was confirmed that Görtler had signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

. On 3 August 2017, it was confirmed that Görtler had signed a three-year contract with

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

club

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

. After two seasons with Utrecht, it was announced on 8 July 2019 that Görtler had joined Swiss club

FC St. Gallen Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. It is the oldest football club in continental Europe after Kjøbenhavns Boldklub. The tea ...

. Having played as

for most of his career, he was deployed as a

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at St. Gallen.

Honours

Individual *

Top assists provider: 2019–20

References

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* * 1994 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards German men's footballers FC Eintracht Bamberg players FC Bayern Munich II players FC Bayern Munich footballers 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Utrecht players FC St. Gallen players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Swiss Super League players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Footballers from Bamberg 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub