Oliver Kirch

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Oliver Kirch
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Oliver Kirch in 2014
Personal information
Full name Oliver Kirch
Date of birth (1982-08-21) 21 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Soest, West Germany
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Position(s) Midfielder / Right back
Team information
Current team
SC Paderborn
Number 12
Youth career
1992–1993 SuS Legden
1993–1996 SuS Stadtlohn
1996–2000 SpVgg Vreden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 SpVgg Vreden 35 (5)
2002–2003 SC Verl 32 (3)
2003–2007 Borussia Mönchengladbach 22 (0)
2007–2010 Arminia Bielefeld 71 (7)
2010–2012 1. FC Kaiserslautern 50 (1)
2012–2013 Borussia Dortmund II 6 (0)
2012–2015 Borussia Dortmund 18 (1)
2015– SC Paderborn 07 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2015

Oliver Kirch (German pronunciation: [ˈɔ.lɪ.vɐ ˈkøːtʃ]; born 21 August 1982) is a German footballer who plays for German club SC Paderborn 07 of the Bundesliga.[1] Kirch plays as midfielder for BVB and is deployed as either defensive midfielder or deployed as right wing-back; he is also deployed in defense as right defender.[1]

Club career

Kirch started playing football at age five and was enrolled at the academy of SuS Legden in 1992; spending nine years as an academy player.[2][3] Kirch would go on to join the academy of SuS Stadtlohn and then the academy of SpVgg Vreden.[4] Kirch made his senior professional debut playing for SC Verl in the 2002–03 season before joining Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 2003–04 season, where Kirch made eight appearances in his first professional season. In the 2007–08 Bundesliga season, Kirch left Borussia Mönchengladbach and moved to Arminia Bielefeld and in his first match, he scored his first Bundesliga goal.

Kirch joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 2010–11 Bundesliga season, where he signed a three-year contract. On 21 April 2012, during the 32nd matchday of the 2010–11 Bundesliga season, Kirch scored his first goal of the season in Kaiserslautern's 2–1 away victory over Hertha BSC.[5]

Kirch joined Borussia Dortmund in the 2012–13 Bundesliga season. He signed a two-year contract with the German champions Borussia Dortmund until 30 June 2014.[6]

He scored his first Bundesliga goal for Borussia Dortmund on match day 32 in a 2–2 draw against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Kirch joined SC Paderborn 07 in the 2015-2016 season. He signed a two-year contract.

Personal life

Kirch and fiancee, Jana Flötotto, were married in 2011, and the civil marriage took place in December 2011 at the Central Park in New York,[7] with the ecclesiastical taking place at the end of May 2012 at the Gütersloh Apostles Church in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 June 2015.
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Supercup[nb 2] Continental[nb 3] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SC Verl 2002–03 32 3 0 0 32 3
Total 32 3 0 0 32 3
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2003–04 8 0 1 0 9 0
2004–05 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 14 0 0 0 14 0
Total 22 0 1 0 23 0
Arminia Bielefeld 2007–08 25 3 3 0 28 3
2008–09 26 0 2 0 28 0
2009–10 20 4 1 0 21 4
Total 71 7 6 0 77 7
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2010–11 29 0 4 0 33 0
2011–12 23 1 3 0 26 1
Total 52 1 7 0 59 1
Borussia Dortmund 2012–13 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2013–14 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 12 1
2014–15 6 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 12 0
Total 18 1 5 0 1 0 6 0 30 1
Career Total 195 11 18 0 1 0 5 0 219 12
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal
  2. Includes DFL-Supercup
  3. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund

References

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