Alexander Bugera

Alexander Bugera in 2011

Alexander Bugera ( born August 8, 1978 in Amberg ) is a German footballer who is active at the 1 FC Kaiserslautern since 2007.

Career

Clubs

About the youth clubs SV Inter mountain climbing Amberg and 1 FC Amberg came to the Bugera C -Juniors FC Bayern Munich. On receipt of a license contract player he was eligible to play for the first team squad in 1997 and was in the 1997/98 season on April 4, 1998 ( 29th Round ) - in the 87th minute substitute for Mehmet Scholl - his Bundesliga debut when FC Bayern Munich Werder Bremen won 3-0. The following season he came on 16 and 19 December 1998 Borussia Moenchengladbach and against VfL Wolfsburg used. Mainly, however, he played for the amateurs of the club in the Regionalliga Süd. Due to lack of perspective - whether the strong professional cadre - he moved to the beginning of 1999 for MSV Duisburg, for whom he played his first game on February 20, 1999, the 0-3 home defeat against Bayern Munich. After two seasons in which he scored two goals in 25 games, Bugera moved to SpVgg Unterhaching, which he left in 32 games after four gates. He initially returned to Bayern Munich and played 12 times in the Regionalliga Süd for the second team.

Until then used in the attack, he played from 2003 to 2007 ( including 2005 and 2007, the rise in the 2006 and the relegation from the Bundesliga) again for MSV Duisburg (initially in midfield, then left-back ). During this time, he played 123 games ( in his last season all 34) and scored 13 goals.

Bugera joined the 2007/08 season to the second division 1 FC Kaiserslautern, where he signed a contract until 2010. In the first year with the Palatine, he completed - because of an injury - only 11 games; in the second season were 21 occasions to book. In addition, he also played five times for the second team in Regionalliga West (4th league). During the winter break of the season 2009/10 he extended his contract with 1.FC Kaiserslautern until 2012 with an option for another year and plays since 2010 /11 - thanks to the rise - again in the Bundesliga. On the climb year set at left-back, a competitor has been committed to this position for the 2010/11 season with Leon Jessen, who ousted him not later than the second round. In the season 2011/12 Bugera had again recorded more periods of use, but the season ended in relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga. His expiring contract was extended, however, the option is for one year .. After the 2012/2013 season Bugera extended his contract by a further two years. In parallel, he graduated from the trainer of the DFB training and took on the task of technology trainer at youth center of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern.

National

Bugera took from 3 to 20 August 1995 at the U -17 World Championship in Ecuador in part, came in Group D in three games for use and retired with the team as a group of third parties from the tournament. For the U-21 national team, he played six times. Making its debut on 17 November 1998 in Aachen in a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands he also scored his first goal; his second ( in his second game ) was the winning goal on 6 February 1999 in Jacksonville 1-0 on the U -23 of the United States. She then served against Northern Ireland (0-1 on March 26, in Belfast), Scotland ( 2-1 on April 27, in Meppen), Moldova (2-0 on 3 June, in Wuppertal ) and Finland (1: 3 on 3 September; Lahti ).

Achievements

• DFB Cup winners 1998
• League Cup winners 1997, 1998
• Master of the 2nd Bundesliga in 2010 and promotion to the Bundesliga