Michael Hinz (footballer)

Michael Hinz (born 7 May 1987) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin.

Michael Hinz
Personal information
Full name Michael Hinz
Date of birth (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth East Berlin, East Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Blau-Weiß 90
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2000 Union Berlin
2000–2004 Köpenicker SC
2004–2005 Union Berlin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Union Berlin 11 (0)
2008–2009 Rot-Weiß Erfurt II 3 (0)
2009 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2 (0)
2009–2010 FC Oberneuland 2 (0)
2011–2012 SV Germania Schöneiche 7 (0)
2012–2014 Union Fürstenwalde 45 (0)
2014–2015 Tennis Borussia Berlin 13 (0)
2016–2017 1. FC Neukölln 26 (0)
2017– Blau-Weiß 90 34 (0)
International career
2004 Germany U-18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:14, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Career edit

Born in East Berlin, Hinz came through the youth teams of 1. FC Union Berlin, only to be told as a 13-year-old that he had no future at the club.[1] Despite that, he returned four years later to help the club get promoted to the Under 19 Bundesliga. Hinz was rewarded with a call-up to the Germany national under-18 football team[2] where he made one appearance in 2004.

Having only made 11 appearances until 2008, Hinz moved to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt. On 18 April 2009, he made his professional debut for the first team in the 3. Liga as a second-half substitute for the injured Dirk Orlishausen in a match against SV Wacker Burghausen.[3] A week later, he started the away game versus Kickers Emden.[4]

Starting for FC Oberneuland, Hinz made two appearances in the first half of the 2009–10 Regionalliga season. After having spent the 2010–11 season without a club, he joined SV Germania Schöneiche, starting seven games in the latter half of the 2011–12 NOFV-Oberliga season before the club withdrew from the league. In 2012, Hinz joined FSV Union Fürstenwalde where he finally became a regular between the posts, starting all-but-one of the 2012–13 NOFV-Oberliga season's fixtures for the Brandenburg-based team that finished second to BFC Viktoria 1889 in the league. Hinz made 16 appearances the following season before moving to Berlin-Liga team Tennis Borussia Berlin.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Baingo, Andreas (9 May 2006). "Union-Held Hinz: Geiler Geburtstag". Berliner Kurier (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ Müller, Gerald (10 July 2008). "Hinz tippt richtig und kämpft weiter". kicker (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt vs. SV Wacker Burghausen – 0:3". fussballdaten.de (in German). 18 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Kickers Emden vs. FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1:0". fussballdaten.de (in German). 25 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Neuzugang im Tor". Tennis Borussia Berlin (in German). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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