Florian Trinks

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Florian Trinks
Trinks with 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Gera, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2001–2004 FC Gera
2004–2006 Carl Zeiss Jena
2007–2011 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Werder Bremen II 37 (4)
2011–2013 Werder Bremen 14 (0)
2013–2015 Greuther Fürth 51 (6)
2013–2015 Greuther Fürth II 9 (0)
2016–2017 Ferencváros 22 (4)
2017–2018 Chemnitzer FC 8 (0)
2018–2019 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 21 (6)
Total 162 (20)
International career
2008 Germany U16 2 (1)
2008–2009 Germany U17 20 (6)
2009 Germany U18 2 (3)
2011 Germany U19 2 (0)
2011 Germany U20 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2009 Germany
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florian Trinks (born 11 March 1992) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

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Greuther Fürth

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Trinks scored his first Bundesliga goal on the last matchday of the season in Greuther Fürth's 3–1 defeat against FC Augsburg.[1]

After the referee awarded a goal in a match against SV Sandhausen on 8 December 2013, Trinks admitted he had handled the ball before it crossed the line, and the "goal" was disallowed. He was later presented with a fair-play medal in recognition of his sportsmanship.[2][3]

Ferencváros

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After only two appearances in the first half of the 2015–16 season for Greuther Fürth, Trinks signed as a free agent with Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC on 21 January 2016.[4]

Chemnitzer FC

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In June 2017, Trinks joined 3. Liga club Chemnitzer FC on a two-year deal.[5] A year later, he was released by the club.[6]

1. FC Schweinfurt 05

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In August 2018, Trinks signed with 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in tier-four Regionalliga Bayern.[7]

Retirement

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Trinks retired in 2019 aged 27, after sustaining a heavy injury to his ankle.[8]

International career

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Alongside with Mario Götze and Marc-André ter Stegen, Trinks represented Germany at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, in which the team won the title after his decisive free-kick goal in the overtime period of the final.[9]

Personal life

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Following his retirement from playing, Trinks studied to become a primary school teacher.[8] As of June 2021, he lives near Nürnberg and has two children.[8]

Honours

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Ferencváros

Germany U17

Individual

References

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