Christian Demirtaş

Christian Demirtaş
Demirtaş in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-25) 25 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Offenbach am Main, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 VfR Aalen (manager)
Youth career
SG Nieder-Roden
JSG Rodgau
1997–2002 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Mainz 05 II 58 (5)
2004–2009 Mainz 05 77 (0)
2009–2011 Karlsruher SC 28 (0)
2010–2011 → Karlsruher SC II 3 (0)
2012 Carl Zeiss Jena 16 (0)
2012–2014 Syrianska FC 18 (0)
2014 SV Wiesbaden 13 (3)
2014–2016 Würzburger Kickers 39 (0)
Total 252 (8)
Managerial career
2022– VfR Aalen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Demirtaş (born 25 May 1984) is a German-Turkish former professional footballer who manages VfR Aalen.[1] He played as a right-back.[1]

Career

Demirtaş joined Swedish club Syrianska FC in summer 2012.[2]

He ended his playing career in 2016 and continued as a coach at Würzburger Kickers.[3]

In February 2022 he succeeded Uwe Wolf as manager of VfR Aalen.[4]

Personal life

Demirtas is of Aramean descent, with roots in Turkey near the Syrian border.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Christian Demirtaş at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Officiellt: Christian Demirtaş klar för Syrianska FC" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Die Würzburger Kickers stellen erste personelle Weichen" (in German). 30 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Wolf-Nachfolger Christian Demirtas: „Cheftrainer zu sein war immer mein Ziel"" (in German). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Christian Demirtas: „Wir Aramäer sind enorm fußballverrückt."". 25 December 2015.


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