Tim Hölscher (born 21 February 1995) is a German

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who plays as an

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for Bezirksliga Weser-Ems club

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Career

Early years

Hölscher started playing football at local SG Gronau at the age of three years. There he started out as a goalkeeper, but soon moved to the position of

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. In 2006, he moved to the youth academy of

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, where he played in the

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position.

Twente

In 2009, Dutch

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club

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signed Hölscher to their academy. At the age of 17, he was awarded a three-year contract with the

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-based club in 2012. He would primarily be used in the second team

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in the 2012–13 season. After he had already completed the pre-season as a possible first-team prospect, he made his competitive debut in the first team on 12 July 2012 in the

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. He came on as a second-half substitute for

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in the second leg of the first qualifying round at

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in Andorra. On 25 November 2012, Hölscher made his Eredivisie debut in the match against newly promoted

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. Manager

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sent him on the pitch after an hour of play for Edwin Gyasi. He made his first appearance in the starting line-up of Twente on 6 December 2012 in the last game of the Europa League group stage against

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. In the last open days of the transfer window in summer 2014, Hölscher signed for German

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side

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on one-year loan – despite also having had inquiries by Dutch

clubs. The loan spell was terminated earlier on 30 December 2014, as he did not have had a lot prospect of gaining play time for the German side. He returned to Twente to be able to play for

in the second half of the season.

Go Ahead Eagles and Esbjerg

For the 2017–18 season, Hölscher moved to the Dutch Eerste Divisie club

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. From there, he moved to the

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club

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in winter 2017. Although he was utilised in all games there for the first half of 2018, he returned to Twente again in summer 2018.

Return to Twente

After a groin operation, Hölscher was injured from January 2019 and the rest of the 2018–19 season. In the 2019–20 season, until the premature end of the season due to the effects of the

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, he was only part of the matchday squad for six games, but did not actually make an appearance. Instead, he played a total of nine games with the second team. His contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

TOP Oss

Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Hölscher had not found a new club. On 1 February 2021, he signed a six-month contract with

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in the Eerste Divisie. He made his debut on 5 February in a 6–0 win over

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, coming on as a substitute for Lion Kaak in the 69th minute. Partly due to a hamstring injury, he only made four appearances for the club.

Dordrecht

In July 2021, Hölscher signed with Eerste Divisie club

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. He made his debut on 6 August, scoring the equaliser to secure a 1–1 home draw against

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Later career

In August 2022, Hölscher retired from professional football and joined seventh-tier Bezirksliga Weser-Ems club

. In his first season at the club, he scored 20 goals and provided nine assists in 25 league appearances.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holscher, Tim 1995 births Living people People from Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia Footballers from Münster (region) Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers FC Schalke 04 players Jong FC Twente players FC Twente players Chemnitzer FC players Go Ahead Eagles players Esbjerg fB players TOP Oss players FC Dordrecht players Eintracht Nordhorn players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 3. Liga players Danish 1st Division players Germany men's youth international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark German expatriate sportspeople in Denmark German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century German sportsmen