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German footballer
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Male
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Birth:
3 March 1986(Forchheim)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Andreas Sponsel (born March 3, 1986) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SpVgg Bayreuth.
Career
Sponsel began his career with 1. FC Nuremberg, where he played in the youth and reserve team before joining Rot-Weiss Erfurt in 2009. In his first two seasons he served as understudy to Dirk Orlishausen, but after Orlishausen left for Karlsruher SC in 2011 he shared first-choice goalkeeping duties with Marcus Rickert until Rickert's departure in January 2013. He left Erfurt six months later to return to Bavaria to sign for SpVgg Bayreuth.