# Benjamin Auer
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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Benjamin Auer
| image = Benjamin Auer, 2010-01.JPG
| image_size = 180px
| caption = Auer playing for [Alemannia Aachen](/source/Alemannia_Aachen) against [Karlsruher SC](/source/Karlsruher_SC) in 2010
| fullname = Benjamin Auer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|1|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Landau](/source/Landau), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)
| height = 1.86 m
| position = [Striker](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1988
| youthclubs1 = ASV Landau
| youthyears2 = 1988–1995
| youthclubs2 = FSV Offenbach
| youthyears3 = 1995–1999
| youthclubs3 = [1. FC Kaiserslautern](/source/1._FC_Kaiserslautern)
| years1 = 1999–2000
| clubs1 = [Karlsruher SC](/source/Karlsruher_SC)
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2000–2002
| clubs2 = [Borussia Mönchengladbach](/source/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach)
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2002–2006
| clubs3 = [Mainz 05](/source/1._FSV_Mainz_05)
| caps3 = 116
| goals3 = 30
| years4 = 2006–2008
| clubs4 = [VfL Bochum](/source/VfL_Bochum)
| caps4 = 19
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2007
| clubs5 = → [1. FC Kaiserslautern](/source/1._FC_Kaiserslautern) (loan)
| caps5 = 7
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2008–2012
| clubs6 = [Alemannia Aachen](/source/Alemannia_Aachen)
| caps6 = 125
| goals6 = 56
| years7 = 2015-2017
| clubs7 = [FK Pirmasens](/source/FK_Pirmasens)
| caps7 = 66
| goals7 = 20
| totalcaps = 366
| totalgoals = 115
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2004
| nationalteam1 = [Germany U21](/source/Germany_national_under-21_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 23
| nationalgoals1 = 15
| nationalyears2 = 2004–2005
| nationalteam2 = [Germany B](/source/Germany_national_football_B_team)
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 4
}}
'''Benjamin Auer''' (born 11 January 1981) is a German former professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who is a [centre-forward](/source/Striker_(association_football)).[{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/benjamin-auer/spieler/2-bundesliga/2009-10/alemannia-aachen | title = Auer, Benjamin | language = German | publisher = [Kicker](/source/Kicker_(magazine)) | access-date = 14 March 2010}}]
Internationally, he represented Germany playing for the [U21](/source/Germany_national_under-21_football_team) and [B](/source/Germany_national_football_B_team) teams.
==Career==
Born in [Landau](/source/Landau), Auer played as a child for hometown club ASV Landau, before moving to his first bigger youth team, FSV Offenbach. At the age of 15 he moved to [1. FC Kaiserslautern](/source/1._FC_Kaiserslautern), for whom he played until 1999. He moved to [Karlsruher SC](/source/Karlsruher_SC) where he played for a year, before going to [Borussia Mönchengladbach](/source/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach).
Auer played 23 times for the [German under-21 team](/source/Germany_national_under-21_football_team), scoring 15 goals, and played around 60 times in his youth between the ages of 16 and 20. He helped bring [Mainz 05](/source/1._FSV_Mainz_05) up to the [Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga) in 2004.
He joined [2. Bundesliga](/source/2._Bundesliga) side [Alemannia Aachen](/source/Alemannia_Aachen) on 1 July 2008 and stayed there until Aachen's relegation to the [3. Liga](/source/3._Liga) in summer 2012.[{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/benjauerdata.html | title = Benjamin Auer - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 4 June 2015 | accessdate = 16 June 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}]
After a career break from 2012 to January 2015, Auer signed for [Regionalliga Südwest](/source/Regionalliga_S%C3%BCdwest)-side [FK Pirmasens](/source/FK_Pirmasens) on 29 December 2014 before retiring in 2015.[{{cite web | url = http://www.fk-pirmasens.com/index.php/mannschaften/oberliga/news/824-fkp-verpflichtet-benjamin-auer | title = FKP verpflichtet Benjamin Auer | language = German | publisher = fk-pirmasens.com | accessdate = 29 December 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150102022502/http://fk-pirmasens.com/index.php/mannschaften/oberliga/news/824-fkp-verpflichtet-benjamin-auer | archivedate = 2 January 2015 }}.]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{WorldFootball.net}}
* {{Fussballdaten}}
{{2. Bundesliga top scorers}}
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Category:Living people
Category:1981 births
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Alemannia Aachen players
Category:VfL Bochum players
Category:1. FSV Mainz 05 players
Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach players
Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Category:Karlsruher SC players
Category:FK Pirmasens players
Category:Bundesliga players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Regionalliga players
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Germany men's B international footballers
Category:Sportspeople from Landau
Category:Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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