Lars Hirschfeld

Lars Justin Hirschfeld ( born October 17, 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta ) is a Canadian football goalkeeper with German roots.

Family and birth

The parents of Hirschfeld come from Germany. His father Friedrich Wilhelm comes from Plettenberg and in 1972 emigrated to Canada, the mother comes out of the room Görlitz. Hirschfeld came in 1978 in Edmonton to the world.

Career

Hirschfeld began playing football at the Edmonton Drillers, where he was active as a footballer hall. In 1998, he met with Kevin McKenna, who was previously for the Calgary Dinos on the ball to Energie Cottbus, where, however, remained the only place on the bench to him from Canada. After the season 1999/ 00 he moved back to Canada to Calgary Storm. Here he remained, interrupted by a half season with the Vancouver Whitecaps (2001 ) until 2002.

After Hirschfeld was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2002, it the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur took them under contract. However, the Canadians did not come at Spurs to train and was first, then awarded after half a year at Luton Town at the Gillingham FC.

For the season 2004 /05 signed Hirschfeld a contract with Dundee United in Scotland. After half a season he moved to Leicester City in the English second division. Here he was again substitute goalkeeper and completed only one game on the final day of the season meaningless game at Plymouth Argyle.

After he had in Britain never can enforce Hirschfeld in 2005 went to Norway to Tromso IL. With Tromsø in 2005 he played in the UEFA Cup, in which he contributed with good performances against Esbjerg fB and Galatasaray for the qualification and to reach the group phase. In Tromsø, the keeper made ​​a name in Norway. In 2006 he moved to Rosenborg Trondheim and was Norwegian champion Espen Johnsen and displaced out of the gate.

In January 2008, he joined the CFR Cluj in Romania and won at the end of the 2007/08 season with the club, the Romanian Championship and the Romanian Cup. A season later, Cluj defended the Cup title. Hirschfeld could not prevail in Cluj and came in one and a half years to just five league bets.

In summer 2009, Hirschfeld Romania left and signed a contract until 2011 at second division Energie Cottbus. He was engaged as a replacement for the regular keeper Gerhard Tremmel churners. Hirschfeld was the first competitive match of the season, the first round of the DFB Cup, in goal. After Tremmel but had not found a new club and remained in Cottbus, this coach Claus -Dieter Wollitz was again set as number 1. So Hirschfeld had to take place already in the first second division game on the bench. After half a year in Cottbus, where he remained without league use, Hirschfeld changed on 15 January 2010 to the Norwegian first division side Vålerenga Oslo.

Achievements

  • Norwegian Champion: 2006
  • Romanian champions: 2008
  • Romanian Cup Winners: 2008, 2009

Find out more

Hirschfeld has dual German and Canadian citizenship. Because of his German citizenship loaded Hirschfeld also not the contingent of non-European foreigners in European leagues.

Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) Dundee United F.C. Leicester City F.C. 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Plymouth Argyle F.C. 2004–05 UEFA Cup Galatasaray S.K. Claus-Dieter Wollitz 2006 Tippeligaen 2007–08 Liga I
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