Tobias Sippel (born 22 March 1988) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Career

Early career

Born in

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, Sippel began his football career playing for his hometown club SV 1911 Bad Dürkheim. He rose through the youth ranks culminating as the first goalkeeper for their 2005 entry in the Regionalliga Süd (tier four of the

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) at the age of 17.

Kaiserslautern

In 2006, then-

club

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...

signed him to his first professional contract. Sippel spent one season playing with Kaiserslautern II in the Oberliga Südwest (then tier four of the

). After one year, he joined the first team as the third keeper behind

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and Florian Fromlowitz. The previous season had seen Kaiserslautern relegated from the

to the

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. He ascended to the second keeper behind U-21 national keeper Fromlowitz when Macho left Kaiserslautern to play for the Greek club

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. Ten games into the 2007–08 season, Fromlowitz was injured thrusting Sippel into the role of starting goalkeeper. He helped Kaiserslautern avoid relegation to the

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on the last day of the season with a clean sheet versus already promoted 1. FC Köln. The 2008–09 campaign started with a bang for Sippel as Kaiserslautern shot to the top of the league table anchored by their number one goalkeeper, however nine games into the season, Sippel broke his arm on a freak play during a 2–1 win versus

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. He was placed on injured reserve until the beginning of 2009.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

upSippel with Gladbach in 2015 On 26 May 2015, Sippel joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on free transfer, signing a three-year deal.

International

Sippel was called up to the senior

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squad by

Joachim Löw Joachim Löw (born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021. During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil ...

in the build up to the

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

1. FC Kaiserslautern *

: 2009–10

International

Germany * UEFA Under-21 Championship: 2009

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sippel, Tobias 1988 births Living people People from Bad Dürkheim Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate German footballers Association football goalkeepers 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Germany under-21 international footballers Germany youth international footballers