Stefan Rieß (born 9 December 1988) is a German

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who plays as a

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. He last played for

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Career

Rieß began his career with

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, and made his debut for the

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in August 2007, as a substitute for Tom Schütz in a mini-

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against

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. He helped Bayern II qualify for the new

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, and made 41 appearances in two seasons at this level before leaving in 2010. He then signed for

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 ...

of the 2. Bundesliga, but only made one first-team appearance, and left after one season. He signed for

of the

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, and made 20 appearances, scoring seven goals, before being dropped from the squad in March 2012 and released at the end of the season.

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* 1988 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Bayern Munich II players Karlsruher SC players Karlsruher SC II players FC Lustenau 07 players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players People from Nördlingen Footballers from Swabia (Bavaria) 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub