- Sascha Kirschstein
Football player infobox
playername = Sascha Kirschstein
fullname = Sascha Kirschstein
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|6|9
cityofbirth =Braunschweig
countryofbirth =Germany
height = height|m=1.96
currentclub = Greuther Fürth
(on loan from Hamburg)
clubnumber = 27
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1999–2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2004–
2007–
clubs =Eintracht Braunschweig Rot-Weiss Essen
Hamburg II
Hamburg
→ Greuther Fürth (loan)
caps(goals) =01 (0)
56 (0)
16 (0)
23 (0)
40 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =5 October 2008
ntupdate =Sascha Kirschstein (born
June 9 1980 inBraunschweig ) is a German football goalkeeper who plays for Greuther Fürth, on loan from Hamburg.Club career
Kirschstein started his professional career with
Eintracht Braunschweig , making his debut in the Regionalliga Nord in December 2001. He moved to the league rivalsRot-Weiss Essen in the summer of 2002 and subsequently spent two seasons with club as their first-choice goalkeeper.In 2004, Kirschstein was signed by Bundesliga side
Hamburger SV to serve as understudy toMartin Pieckenhagen andStefan Wächter . He did not play in the Bundesliga during his first season with the club, but made 12 Regionalliga Nord appearances for Hamburg's reserve team. Kirschstein eventually made his Bundesliga debut againstBayer 04 Leverkusen on 26 November 2005, following an injury to Wächter, and secured his place in the starting XI with a string of impressive performances in the second half of the season. He was initially chosen as Hamburg's first-choice goalkeeper for the 2006-07 season and also made hisUEFA Champions League debut against Arsenal on 13 September 2006. However, he was sent off only 10 minutes into the game. Despite that, he remained Hamburg's first choice in the Bundesliga and made two more Champions League appearances, before eventually being replaced by Wächter in early November 2006.During the winter break of the 2006-07 season, Hamburg signed
Frank Rost as their new first-choice goalkeeper and Kirschstein was eventually sent on a two-season loan to 2nd Bundesliga side Greuther Fürth in the summer of 2007. At Greuther Fürth, he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper and only missed one league match during the entire season due to a yellow-card suspension.External links
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/kirschsteinsascha/ Career stats at Fussballdaten.de] de icon
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/sascha-kirschstein/ Weltfussball.de profile] de icon
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