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Nils Petersen
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Nils Petersen is a German association football player, born on 6 December 1988 in Wernigerode. He plays as a forward wearing squad number 18, and has played for FC Bayern Munich, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FC Energie Cottbus and FC Bayern Munich II. Petersen has competed in the 2. Bundesliga and the 3. Liga, and took part in the football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He began his career in 2007, is recorded at a height of 189 and a mass of 80, and speaks German.
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Key facts
- 2007
- Germany U19
- 2009
- Energie Cottbus II
- 2015
- → SC Freiburg (loan)
- 2016
- Germany Olympic
- 2018
- Germany
- 2021
- SC Freiburg II
- Date of birth
- ( 1988-12-06 ) 6 December 1988 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Wernigerode , East Germany
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Forward
- 1993 1994
- FC Einheit Wernigerode
- 1994 2000
- 1. FC Wernigerode
- 2000 2001
- FC Einheit Wernigerode
- 2001 2004
- VfB Germania Halberstadt
- 2005 2006
- Carl Zeiss Jena
- Years
- Team
- 2006 2008
- Carl Zeiss Jena II
- 2007 2009
- Carl Zeiss Jena
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- Germany
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nils
- Family name
- Petersen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wernigerode
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- football at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Germany Olympic football team
- Position played
- forward
- League
- 2. Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Nils Petersen 2017 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 189
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1988-12-06
- sport number
- 18
- Commons category
- Nils Petersen
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- name in native language
- Nils Petersen
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Nils Petersen ( German pronunciation: [ˈniːls ˈpeːtɐzn̩, ˈnɪls -]; born 6 December 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympics and remains the first and only German footballer who has scored five goals in a single game with the national team.
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