- Roland Benschneider
Football player infobox
name = Roland Benschneider
fullname = Roland Benschneider
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1980|8|22
cityofbirth =Neuruppin
countryofbirth =Germany
nickname = Big Ben
height = height|m=2.01
position =Centre half Left back Roland Benschneider (born
August 22 ,1980 inNeuruppin ) is a German footballer.Biography
Born in
Neuruppin , Benschneider honed his craft as a defender withFC Neubrandenburg andEnergie Cottbus . In the 2000/01 season he switched to the Northern Regional league and played forTennis Borussia Berlin .Only one year into his stint at Borussia, the player, who grew greatly in confidence during this period, moved to
Eintracht Trier in the Southern Regional League, where by 2002/03 he was to become a fully-fledged squad player.In the next season he moved to
Arminia Bielefeld , whose league position he helped to boost in the subsequent weeks and months.Uwe Rapolder was to notice the player, and he joined1. FC Köln for €200,000. However, in the opening season Benschneider played only twelve full games. In the 2005/06 season he played mainly as a substitute once again, and scored his first goal againstSchalke 04 . Benschneider's contract with Köln lasts to the end of the 2005/06 season. Recent rumor suggests that Roland has had failed trials with Leeds United, Millwall FC and an unspecified Polish team.His nickname is "Big Ben" because his height is 2,01m.
External links
[http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/benschneiderroland/ Benschneider on fußballdaten.de]
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