Jan Tauer (born 26 August 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
 Tauer in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 27 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 32 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 60 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Djurgårdens IF | 57 | (3) |
| 2010–2012 | VfL Osnabrück | 39 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Iraklis Psachna | 12 | (2) |
| 2013 | IK Brage | 8 | (1) |
| Total | 235 | (10) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Tauer was born in Düsseldorf.
He joined Djurgårdens IF from Eintracht Braunschweig at the start of the 2007 season,[1] and made his Allsvenskan debut for Djurgården against IF Brommapojkarna. He scored his first goal for Djurgården against IFK Göteborg when IFK midfielder Niclas Alexandersson tried to clear the ball and hit Tauer in the back, which made the ball to bounce into the goal.[2] Tauer left Djurgården after the 2009 season[3] and signed on 21 December 2009 for VfL Osnabrück.[4]
Personal life edit
In summer 2017 Tauer returned to Germany from Sweden and joined lower league club DJK Sparta Bilk.[5]
References edit
- ^ Jonas Riedel (19 March 2007). "Tauer klar för Djurgården" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ Jonas Riedel (13 June 2007). "Seger och serieledning" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ Jonas Riedel (7 December 2008). "Jan Tauer Lämnar DIF" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 17 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Yvonne Lehnfeld (21 December 2009). "Jan Tauer kommt zum VfL". vfl.de (in German). VfL Osnabrück. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ Giesenfeld, Marcus (31 July 2017). "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Ex-Fortunen stürmen die Kreisliga". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
External links edit
- Jan Tauer at Soccerway
- Jan Tauer Interview
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