Christian Gentner
German footballer
Christian Gentner (born 14 August 1985 in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a German footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 14 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Nürtingen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | TSV Beuren | ||
| 1997–1999 | VfL Kirchheim | ||
| 1999–2004 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | VfB Stuttgart II | 30 | (6) |
| 2004–2007 | VfB Stuttgart | 39 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | VfL Wolfsburg | 99 | (11) |
| 2010– | VfB Stuttgart | 46 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | Germany U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:26, 5 February 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:06, 13 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
Career
changeGentner won the German Under-19 Championship with VfB Stuttgart in 2003. For the 2004-05 season he came to Stuttgart's second senior team. On 20 February 2005 he played his first Bundesliga match for Stuttgart. In the 2006-07 Bundesliga season they won the German Championship.
In summer 2007 he came to VfL Wolfsburg where he won his second German Championship in 2009. He came back to Stuttgart after the 2009-10 season.
In 2009 Gentner joined the Germany national football team for a trip to Asia and played his first international match against China PR national team on 29 May 2009.
Other websites
change- Christian Gentner on fussballdaten.de (in German)