Benjamin Kirsten

Benjamin Kirsten in August 2008

Benjamin " Benny " Kirsten ( born June 2, 1987 in Riesa ) is a German football goalkeeper, who is under contract at second division Dynamo Dresden since the 2008/ 09 season.

Career

After his father Ulf was changed in the summer of 1990 from Dynamo Dresden at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Kirsten grew up in the Rhineland and Bergisch Gladbach went through henceforth all youth teams of the " work clubs ". During his time with the B- youth of the club Kirsten pulled it into consideration to quit football because of the goalkeeping coach of Leverkusen, Rüdiger Vollenborn, said that he " it 'll never make it into a squad of a fourth division ," but what it the former youth leader Michael Reschke discouraged.

In the summer of 2006 he was, contrary expectations of many in the squad of the second team of Bayer Leverkusen, which was coached by his father, accepted. He ran twice in the regional league for the team. After a six -year commitment to the Oberliga SV Waldhof Mannheim in the second half of the 2007/08 season, in which Kirsten, however, had no use, he joined for the season 2008/ 09 the third division side Dynamo Dresden. Since he was initially scheduled for the second team, Kirsten was parallel to the sports and fitness Kaufmann train at the club.

Nevertheless, he was on 2 May 2009 ( 34th Round ) in the 0-1 away defeat against Fortuna Dusseldorf his professional debut. In June 2009, Kirsten won the Sachsenpokal with the second team of Dynamo Dresden. After this final, he was banned for two months because he had lit a Bengal fire after the final whistle. Kirsten is basically used in the first team as a goalkeeper, but played at times in the second team as a striker.

Gameday On the 25th of the season 2010/11 Kirsten was promoted from coach Matthias Maucksch to the goalkeeper of the first team, replacing the previous number one Axel Keller. In the remaining 14 games Kirsten conceded no goals in seven games and thereby contributed to the fact that Dynamo Dresden at the end of the season reached the third place in the table and rose to the 2nd Bundesliga after winning the relegation games over VfL Osnabrück. Because of the association 2011 Kirsten end of the season expiring contract extended in July for another two years until 2013.

After failing at the beginning of the 2011/12 season because of a pubic bone inflammation for a long time and had lost his place, Kirsten benefited during the season itself from the injuries of its competitors Dennis Eilhoff and Wolfgang Hesl. From 22 Matchday he was goalkeeper again and remained in the remaining twelve games of the season five times without conceding a goal. August 9, 2012 Kirsten's contract was extended by a further two years until 2015. Also in the 2012/13 season Kirsten was able to defend his place against the neuverpflichteten keeper Florian Fromlowitz. He was named by Kicker sports magazine for scores from second division players. Furthermore, Kirsten recorded in the course of the season as a " Penalty Killer " and held a total of five out of seven penalty kicks.

In the first half of the 2013/14 season he was able to hold his place against Fromlowitz and the neuverpflichteten Nico Pellatz. Towards the end of the first round Kirsten noticed by common mistakes, so he was replaced at the beginning of the season by Markus Scholz.

Private

He is the son of former international and triple Bundesliga scorer Ulf Kirsten. " Benni ", as he is called in his environment, lives with his family in Dresden- Reick. He is married to his wife Sarah about three years younger. Civil ceremony they were married in May 2012 in Dresden in the friends and family circle. On December 29, 2011 their daughter was born.