Benjamin Auer

Benjamin Auer

Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Auer
Date of birth	(1981-01-11) 11 January 1981 (age 31)
Place of birth	Landau, West Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Alemannia Aachen
Number	9
Youth career
0000–1988	HSV Landau
1988–1995	FSV Offenbach
1995–1999	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	Karlsruher SC	14	(1)
2000–2002	Borussia Mönchengladbach	25	(3)
2002–2006	1. FSV Mainz 05	116	(30)
2006–2008	VfL Bochum	19	(5)
2007	→ 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)	7	(0)
2008–	Alemannia Aachen	113	(54)
National team
2002–2004	Germany U21	23	(15)
2004–2005	Germany B	3	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:31, 14 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Benjamin Auer (born 11 January 1981 in Landau) is a German footballer who is a centre-forward.^[1]

Career

As a child he played for the HSV Landau, before moving to his first major youth team, FSV Offenbach. At the age of 15 he moved to Kaiserslautern, for whom he played until 1999. He moved to Karlsruher SC where he played for a year, before going to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Auer played 23 times for the German under-21 team, scoring 15 goals, and played around 60 times in his youth between the ages of 16 and 20. He helped bring Mainz up to the Bundesliga in 2004.

He joined 2. Bundesliga side Alemannia Aachen on 1 July 2008.^[2]

References

v t e Germany squad – 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship 1 Wetklo 2 Hauschild 3 Straub 4 Zepek 5 Truckenbrod 6 Christ 7 Sträßer 8 Kehl 9 Auer 10 Deisler 11 Hofmann 12 Weidenfeller 13 Backer 14 Dittrich 15 Bugri 16 Morena 17 Miedl 18 Adzic Coach: Stöber

v t e Germany squad – 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship 1 Starke 2 Preuß 3 Fickert 4 Lapaczinski 5 Zepek 6 Gemiti 7 Doğan 8 Balitsch 9 Auer 10 Teber 11 Burkhardt 12 Mikolajczak 13 Jones 14 Tiffert 15 Kling 16 Hinkel 17 Jungnickel 18 Schlösser Coach: Stielike

v t e Germany squad – 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Wiese 2 Volz 3 Gemiti 4 Fathi 5 Franz 6 Hitzlsperger 7 Görlitz 8 Balitsch 9 Auer 10 Podolski 11 Hanke 12 Ochs 13 Schweinsteiger 14 Odonkor 15 Feulner 16 Preuß 17 Madlung 18 Riether 19 Azaouagh 20 Tiffert 21 Huth 22 Rensing Coach: Stielike

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