Stephan Straub

Stephan Straub ( born January 25, 1971 in Saarbrücken ) is a former German football player. He was last longtime goalkeeper for Alemannia Aachen and then briefly at Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Career

Aachen Straub committed to the 2001/02 season as a reserve goalkeeper behind Christian Schmidt. After injury to Schmidt, he represented these first and offered good performance, so he was goalkeeper. Until the 2004/05 season he remained the "number 1" for Alemannia Aachen. During this time he reached with Alemannia Aachen three consecutive sixth place in the Bundesliga 2, the final of the DFB Cup of the season 2003/ 04 and the Round of 32 in the UEFA Cup the following season. After completed 132 official matches in a row he was injured but the 29.Match so hard on the ankle that he failed a long time, and consequently his place to the young junior keeper Kristian Nicht lost. In the season 2005/ 06 he was indeed still wear the number 1, but only came back for three games for use, as the rise firmly stood ready. In the remaining time Kristian was not in goal. Overall, Straub has played more 146 second division games.

In addition, he was on the opening day of the Premiership season 2006/ 07 after a red card for Kristian Not a substitute so that he denied at the age of 35 his first of 16 Premier League matches. From the 16th matchday of the Premiership season 2006/ 07 he repressed Kristian Not out of the gate. On April 8, 2007 Stephan Straub suffered at home against Borussia Dortmund ( Dortmund 4-1 ) a strain of both the medial collateral ligament and the anterior cruciate ligament and fell for the rest of the season 2006 /07. After his recovery, and the change Nothing Straub was the second goalkeeper behind the neuverpflichteten Thorsten stucco man. His commitment in Aachen ended with the 2008/ 09 season. In his last game for the Alemannia, which was also their last league match at the Tivoli, it should be used as a farewell in honor of his special merits for the team from the start, but had to refrain from injury and was only in the last game section amidst great rejoicing loaded.

For the 2009/10 season the second division Fortuna Dusseldorf promoted him temporarily committed because of a violation of their tribe goalkeeper, however, the obligation of a third goalkeeper could ultimately, after recovery of the root goalkeeper, can not afford.

Since January 2010, he was coach of the circle division Concordia Oidtweiler near Aachen. For the 2010/11 season he returned as a youth coach back ( U15 ) for Alemannia, but went on to the coach of Concordia Oidtweiler. In 2012 he went with this on in the District League Middle Rhine. In September 2013, he resigned as coach of the Concordia.