Michael Rösele (born 7 October 1974 in

Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...

) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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. He played for seven seasons with

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English language, English, is a German professional association football, football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 ...

, including five in the

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References

1974 births Living people Footballers from Augsburg German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Augsburg players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players Rot Weiss Ahlen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players {{germany-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub