Thorsten Tönnies (born 13 March 1991) is a German former professional

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who plays as a

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or defender for Blau-Weiß Lohne.

Career

Tönnies made his professional debut for

Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in the Bremenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

on 21 August 2010 in the

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, coming on as a substitute for

Lennart Thy Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors. Club career On 18 January 2016, Werder Bremen announced Thy would return to the club for the ...

against

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 ...

, which finished as a 2–0 away loss. In summer 2021 Tönnies left

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 ...

club SSV Jeddeloh to return to his youth club Blau-Weiß Lohne of the fifth-tier

Oberliga Niedersachsen The Oberliga Niedersachsen (), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (). Since 1994, the league was s ...

. Lohne targeted promotion to the Regionalliga Nord for the next two seasons.

Personal life

Tönnies works as a teacher in

Bakum Bakum is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Vechta district in western Lower Saxony. Bakum lies on the A1 freeway between Bremen and Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnabu ...

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* * 1991 births Living people People from Vechta (district) Footballers from Lower Saxony German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders 3. Liga players Regionalliga players SV Werder Bremen II players BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden players VfB Oldenburg players SSV Jeddeloh players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub