Christian Eigler ( German: Christian Eigler ; January 1, 1984 , Roth , Bavaria , Germany ) - German footballer . Christian plays the position of the center forward , is also able to play on both flanks by a winger , in the best years he was distinguished by high speed [1] .
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| Born | January 1 1984 (aged 35) Mouth , Bavaria , Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 185 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | free agent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eigler is a pupil of the football clubs Unterreichenbach and Nuremberg , his professional career began in the second Bundesliga as part of Greuther . In the 2005/06 season, he became the top scorer of the second Bundesliga with 18 goals, after which he joined Arminia and played in the Bundesliga for two seasons. In 2008, Eigler became a Nuremberg player for whom he played for four years. In 2012, he became a player in the second Bundesliga club “Ingolstadt 04”, but since December 2013 he began to experience serious problems with an injured knee, because of which he missed the entire 2014/15 season. In the summer of 2015, he became a free agent.
In 2006, Eigler played one match for the German youth team , took part in the 2006 European Championship among youth teams in 2006 .
Biography
The Early Years and Greuther
Eigler until 1993 worked in the children's football club Unterreichenbach from the city of the same name , where Christian grew up. Then he moved to the football school of the Nuremberg club, where he played from 1993 to 1999. Then, for personal reasons, he spent six months without football and returned to Unterreichenbach [2] . There he continued to play until 2002, when he changed his team and became a Greuther player from Fuerth .
After spending six months in the youth team of Greuther, in the second half of the 2002/03 season, Eigler received a chance from his coach Eugen Hach to prove himself in the first team. Christian made his professional debut on April 6, 2003 in the second Bundesliga match against the Rot-Weiss club. Until the end of the season, he took part in six games and scored three goals [3] .
In 2003-2005, after the change of head coach at Greuther, Eigler again had to prove his right to play for the main club staff. He regularly appeared on the field, most often leaving for replacements, but did not have a stable place in the squad, sometimes he played for the backup squad in the Bavarian Oberlig . In the 2004/05 season, Eigler performed well in a double, scoring 12 goals in 11 games. In the 2005/06 season, Christian became a full-fledged player in the main team of Greuther and showed high performance in the second Bundesliga, scoring 18 goals and becoming the top scorer in the league [4] .
In May 2006, Eigler unexpectedly fell into the application of the German youth team for the European Championship in Portugal. He was preparing for the ceremony to end the season at the club, when he received a call with a call to the national team, where Christian was to replace the injured Peter Trochowski [1] . Eigler took part in only one match of the tournament, May 23 appeared on the field in a meeting with the national team of Serbia and Montenegro [5] .
Arminia, Nuremberg, and Ingolstadt
In June 2006, Eigler joined Arminia from Bielefeld , which performed in the Bundesliga . The terms of the deal for the player’s transfer were not disclosed, but according to experts, an amount of about a million euros was paid for Christian [6] . The player’s contract with the club was designed for three years [7] . In the Bundesliga, Eigler made his debut on August 12, 2006 in the first round match of the 2006/07 season against Hamburg , and in the first match for the new club he scored a goal [4] . In total, Christian spent 27 matches in his first season at Arminia and scored 6 goals. He started the 2007/08 season at a very high level, scoring three goals and five assists in the first five games, but then his performance dropped significantly. Eigler finished the second season in the Bundesliga with six goals and three assists in 29 matches [8] .
In July 2008, after two years at Arminia, Aigler moved to Nuremberg , which flew into the second Bundesliga, but hoped to compete for the return to German football elite. The transfer amount was approximately 1.3 million euros. Immediately upon arrival at the new club, Christian highly praised his training base, which, in his opinion, was better than in his previous teams [9] . In the 2008/09 season, Eigler played an important role in the successful Nuremberg exit in the Bundesliga, scoring 8 goals and giving 8 assists in 32 matches. He also scored two goals in butt games with the Energy club. A year later, “Nuremberg” nearly flew out of the Bundesliga again, but Eigler again helped the team scored a goal in butt games with “ Augsburg ”. In total, over four years at Nuremberg Christian played 124 matches and scored 23 goals in the championship and the German Cup [10] . The 2011/12 season , which was the last in the Bundesliga for Eigler, was marked by several serious injuries, the footballer needed an operation on his inguinal muscles. Without waiting for the season to end, Eigler said that in the summer of 2012 he would leave Nuremberg and would look for a new team [11] .
On June 30, 2012, Eigler in the status of a free agent transferred to the second Bundesliga club “ Ingolstadt 04 ”, in which he signed a three-year contract. Team coach Thomas Oral called the rookie an excellent striker, for many years showing his high level in the first and second divisions [12] . In the new club, Eigler was able to spend only one full season, in which he played 27 matches and scored 6 goals, sometimes brought the team to the field in captain status, but already in the middle of the second season he seriously injured his knee. The injury required an operation, after which Christian several times briefly returned to the field [13] . He played his last match on April 11, 2014 against Paderborn , after spending just five minutes in the game. In the summer of 2014, Iigler underwent another operation [14] , but the injury was not healed. In the 2014/15 season, a football player has never entered the field.
Statistics
| Performance | League | Cups [n 1] | Total | |||||
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| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Greuther Furth | Second Bundesliga | 2002/03 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2003/04 | 28 | four | four | 0 | 32 | four | ||
| 2004/05 | 21 | 2 | one | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2005/06 | 33 | 18 | one | 0 | 34 | 18 | ||
| Total | 89 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 95 | 27 | ||
| Greuther Furth II | Oberliga Bavaria | 2003/04 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004/05 | eleven | 12 | 0 | 0 | eleven | 12 | ||
| Total | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Arminia | Bundesliga | 2006/07 | 27 | 6 | one | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| 2007/08 | 29th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 31 | eight | ||
| Total | 56 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 14 | ||
| Nuremberg | Second Bundesliga | 2008/09 | 32 | eight | 3 | 2 | 35 | ten |
| Bundesliga | 2009/10 | 24 | 3 | four | one | 28 | four | |
| 2010/11 | 32 | eight | four | 0 | 36 | eight | ||
| 2011/12 | 23 | one | 2 | 0 | 25 | one | ||
| Total | 111 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 124 | 23 | ||
| Ingolstadt 04 | Second Bundesliga | 2012/13 | 27 | 6 | one | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| 2013/14 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 48 | eight | four | 0 | 52 | eight | ||
| Total career | 318 | 82 | 26 | five | 344 | 87 | ||
- ↑ The “Cups” column includes games and goals in national cups, league cups, and super cups.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 U 21-EM: Für Christian Eigler ging es ganz schnell (German) . Deutscher Fußball-Bund eV (20. Mai 2006). Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Positive Energie // 1. FC Nürnberg CLUBmagazin. - S. 14-18 .
- ↑ Christian Eigler - Detailed line data - SpVgg Greuther Fürth . Transfermarkt. Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Klusmeyer, Rainer. Mit der Aufgabe schnell gewachsen (German) . Neue Westfälische (14. August 2006). Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Christian Eigler - National team . Transfermarkt. Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Bielefeld holt Zweitliga-Torjäger Eigler (German) . RP online (22. Juni 2006). Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Bielefeld verpflichtet Zweitliga-Torschützenkönig (English) . RevierSport (June 22, 2006). Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Christian Eigler - Detailed line data - Arminia Bielefeld . Transfermarkt. Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Funk, Martin. Hat sich Eigler verwechselt? (German) . BILD.de (9. Oktober 2008). Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Christian Eigler - Detailed line data - 1.FC Nuremberg (English) . Transfermarkt. Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Reinkens, Laura. Christian Eigler und Albert Bunjaku verlassen Nürnberg! (German) . Goal.com (19. April 2012). Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Eigler wechselt von Nürnberg nach Ingolstadt (German) . Spox.com (18. Mai 2012). Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Christian Eigler - Detailed line data - FC Ingolstadt 04 . Transfermarkt. Date of treatment May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Ingolstadts Eigler erneut operiert (German) . Bundesliga.de (30. Juli 2014). Date accessed May 20, 2015. (unavailable link)
Links
- Profile on fussballdaten.de (German)
- Player profile on Transfermarkt