Christian Eigler

Christian Eigler 2009

Christian Eigler ( born January 1, 1984 in Roth) is a German footballer who plays in the 2nd Bundesliga 04 at FC Ingolstadt.

Youth

He grew up in sub- Reichenbach ( Schwabach ) and began there in 1989 when SV Unterreichenbach to play football. He joined in 1993 in the youth department of the 1st FC Nuremberg. After the season 1999/2000 he heard for half a year complete with playing football because he had other things on his mind that had nothing to do with the club, but with his personal situation. He began with his hometown club again in the play U -19 and after half a year he made ​​the jump to the first team.

Career

After youth stations at SV Unterreichenbach and 1.FC Nuremberg, Eigler first played in the U -19 SpVgg Greuther Fürth. His professional career began in April 2003 at SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. By June 2006, he graduated from 89 league games and scored 27 goals for Greuther Fürth, where he was top scorer in the 2005/06 season with 18 goals. Subsequently, he was also appointed to the German U21 national team and participated in the U -21 Football Championship in 2006. Previously, he completed a game in the U20 national team and was thus used twice in the national jersey.

In June 2006, the Franke moved to Arminia Bielefeld in the first Bundesliga, where he had a contract until 2009, which was also true for the second league. In his first competitive match for the East Westphalia on the opening day of the 2006/07 season he scored a goal against Hamburger SV. Overall, he scored six goals in his first year in 27 games. In the 2007 /08 season he helped his club to a good start, said he came to three goals and two assists in the first five games. Overall, he came up with six goals in 29 missions, including his " Abschiedstor " ' the 34th game in the 87th minute.

In July 2008, he joined the 1st FC Nuremberg, who was previously relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga. There he had his first competitive game on the second matchday of the season so far at the 1 FC Kaiserslautern, his first goal for the FCN he scored in his second competitive match against Alemannia Aachen. From then on, he met a long time only in home games; Round 27 until he was able to score in Oberhausen. On the final day his eighth goal he succeeded in his 32nd operation. In both relegation matches of the 1st FC Nuremberg against Energie Cottbus Eigler scored a goal each, with which he played a crucial role in the resurgence of his club in the 1st Bundesliga.

In the first half of the season 2009/10 he came in fourteen games on two assists and scored a goal against Werder Bremen. Overall, he came into the season on three goals and two assists in 24 games. The following Relegation against FC Augsburg, he scored the winning goal in the first leg 1-0 and thus has a significant share of the league. In the following year, he remained a man of the important goals. With eight hits season he was the top scorer of the Nuremberg, four of which he scored in a single game in the 5-0 win against FC St. Pauli on March 5, 2011. On 16 April 2011, he scored his first headed goal the five hundredth Bundesliga away goal of the 1st FC Nuremberg.

On April 19, 2012 Eigler confirmed to the Kicker sports magazine that he would leave the Nuremberg after the 2011/12 season and look for a new club. For the 2012/13 season Eigler moved to FC Ingolstadt 04 He signed a contract for three years until 30 June 2015 ..

Christian Eigler is married and father of three daughters.

Title / successes

• Bundesliga promotion 2008/ 09 with the 1st FC Nuremberg
• Scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga 2005/ 06