Stefan Schmidt (born 8 March 1989) is a German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...

club

VfB Auerbach VfB Auerbach is a football in Germany, German football club from the city of Auerbach (Vogtland), Auerbach, Saxony. The club also has a tennis department. History The association was founded as the ''Auerbacher Fußball Club'' on 17 May 1906 mak ...

Career

Schmidt came through the

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

's youth team, and made his first-team debut on the last day of the 2008–09 season as a half-time substitute for Enrico Keller in a 1–1 draw against

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German Association football Football club (association football), club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the Sports club (East Germany), sports club ''SC Magdeburg'' and has bee ...

. For the next four years, he largely served as understudy to

Philipp Pentke Philipp Pentke (born 1 May 1985) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league i ...

, and made 13 appearances in the 2010–11 season as the club won the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

and promotion to the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

. In his first season at this level he was confined entirely to the bench, but he made eight appearances during the 2012–13 season when Pentke was out injured. He signed for Carl Zeiss Jena of the

in July 2013. He left Jena after one season and has had subsequent spells with Empor Glauchau and

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* 1989 births Living people People from Flöha German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Chemnitzer FC players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players Footballers from Saxony VfB Auerbach players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub