Christian Gentner

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Christian Gentner
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Gentner with VfB Stuttgart in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-14) 14 August 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Nürtingen, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1998 TSV Beuren
1998–1999 VfL Kirchheim
1999–2004 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 VfB Stuttgart II 30 (6)
2004–2007 VfB Stuttgart 39 (1)
2007–2010 VfL Wolfsburg 99 (11)
2010–2019 VfB Stuttgart 273 (37)
2019–2021 Union Berlin 53 (3)
2021–2022 FC Luzern 43 (1)
International career
2004–2006 Germany U20 14 (3)
2009–2010 Germany 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Gentner (born 14 August 1985) is a German professional football official and a former player who played as a midfielder. He works as a head of the professional player department at VfB Stuttgart. [1] He won the Bundesliga twice, with VfB Stuttgart in 2007 and VfL Wolfsburg in 2009. He was also called up five times to the senior Germany national team.

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Club career

Before joining VfB Stuttgart, Gentner played at TSV Beuren and VfL Kirchheim.

In the 2004–05 season, he played 28 times and scored six times for the Regionalliga (third division) team of VfB Stuttgart. In the same season, he had his Bundesliga debut against Hertha BSC on 20 February 2005 (1–0). He scored his first goal in a UEFA Cup game against Domžale on 25 September 2005.

In 2006, Gentner's contract in Stuttgart was extended until 2010.

On 18 July 2007, he was loaned to VfL Wolfsburg until summer 2009 and on 11 August 2008 Gentner signed a permanent deal with Wolfsburg. [2]

On 8 January 2010, Gentner announced that he would be joining VfB Stuttgart [3] [4] at the end of the season. After seeing out his contract with the Wolves which ended on 1 July 2010, Gentner returned to Stuttgart on a free transfer.

On 6 January 2013, Gentner extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2016 with an option for a further year. [5] Following Serdar Tasci's departure to Spartak Moscow, it was announced that Gentner is to be his successor as the new club captain. [6] In May 2016 Gentner extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2019. [7]

On 5 July 2019, Gentner signed a contract with club Union Berlin. [8]

In September 2022, Gentner announced that he would retire from playing at the end of 2022. [9] At the same time, VfB Stuttgart announced that he would join the club on 1 January 2023 as head of the professional player department. [1]

International career

On 19 May 2009, Gentner was called up to the senior Germany national team for their tour of Asia. [10] He made his debut against China on 29 May 2009. [11]

Personal life

His brother Thomas Gentner plays for TuS Koblenz.

On 15 December 2018, Gentner's father died at Stuttgart's stadium, just after Stuttgart had beaten Hertha BSC 2–1. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played on 1 July 2021 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2004–05 Regionalliga Süd 286———286
2006–07 Regionalliga Süd20———20
Total306———306
VfB Stuttgart 2004–05 Bundesliga 10001 [lower-alpha 2] 0—20
2005–06 Bundesliga231206 [lower-alpha 2] 12 [lower-alpha 3] 0332
2006–07 Bundesliga15010——160
Total391307120512
VfL Wolfsburg 2007–08 Bundesliga31351——364
2008–09 Bundesliga344318 [lower-alpha 2] 1—456
2009–10 Bundesliga3442012 [lower-alpha 4] 3—487
Total9911102204—12917
VfB Stuttgart 2010–11 Bundesliga315209 [lower-alpha 5] 3—428
2011–12 Bundesliga28540——325
2012–13 Bundesliga3456212 [lower-alpha 5] 2—529
2013–14 Bundesliga284203 [lower-alpha 5] 1—335
2014–15 Bundesliga33510——345
2015–16 Bundesliga29530——325
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 34621——367
2017–18 Bundesliga27221——293
2018–19 Bundesliga29010—2 [lower-alpha 6] 1321
Total273372342462132248
Union Berlin 2019–20 Bundesliga31331——344
2020–21 Bundesliga22010——230
Total533410000574
Career total4945840751114158977
  1. ↑ Appearances in the DFB-Pokal.
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in the UEFA Cup.
  3. ↑ Appearances in the German League Cup.
  4. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  6. ↑ Appearances in the Bundesliga relegation play-offs

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

VfL Wolfsburg

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sami Khedira, Philipp Lahm and Christian Gentner strengthen VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gentner to remain in Wolfsburg". vfb.de. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Gentner's return". vfb.de. 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Gentner returning to VfB Stuttgart". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Christian Gentner signs on until 2016". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Christian Gentner ist jetzt der BIG BOSS" [Christian Gentner is now the BIG BOSS] (in German). Bild.de. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Important signals". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "CHRISTIAN GENTNER BECOMES LATEST UNION ADDITION" (in German). Union Berlin. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Christian Gentner beendet beeindruckende Karriere" (PDF) (in German). FC Luzern. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Löw nominiert Neuer, Träsch, Gentner und Cacau". DFB.de (in German). 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  11. ↑ "China – Deutschland" (in German). kicker.de. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  12. ↑ "Stuttgart: Christian Gentner's father dies in stadium after Bundesliga game". BBC Sport. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Christian Gentner » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
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