Christian Träsch


Christian Träsch is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back or defensive midfielder.

Club career

Träsch made his professional debut as a player of VfB Stuttgart on 3 February 2008 against Schalke 04. He scored his first goal for the team on 5 October 2008 against Werder Bremen from a 25-meter volley. On 21 January 2009, he extended his contract with Stuttgart until the summer of 2012.
On 25 July 2011, Träsch moved to VfL Wolfsburg. On 25 October 2014, he played 89 minutes in a reserve team match where he scored a 10th-minute goal. On 30 May 2015, he played as Wolfsburg won the German Cup for the first time defeating Borussia Dortmund 3–1 at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin.
Träsch announced his retirement from playing in October 2020, aged 33. He appeared in over 240 matches in the top two divisions of German football.

International career

Träsch was nominated to the senior Germany squad on 19 May 2009 for a tour of Asia. He made his debut on this tour in a match against United Arab Emirates on 2 June. He was substituted on in the 79th minute for Andreas Hinkel. His tenth and last international match was a 3–3 between Ukraine and Germany on 11 November 2011 in Kyiv.

Honours

1860 Munich
VfL Wolfsburg