Benjamin Fuchs

{{short description|Austrian footballer (born 1983)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Benjamin Fuchs

| image = Benjamin Fuchs.JPG

| upright = 0.8

| caption = Fuchs with Manisaspor

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nuremberg, West Germany

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = 1. FC Nürnberg

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Greuther Fürth

| years1 = 2002–2006

| clubs1 = Greuther Fürth II

| caps1 = 105

| goals1 = 20

| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = Greuther Fürth

| caps2 = 9

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2006–2007

| clubs3 = SV Wehen

| caps3 = 20

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2007–2012

| clubs4 = Eintracht Braunschweig

| caps4 = 96

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2007–2012

| clubs5 = Eintracht Braunschweig II

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2012–2014

| clubs6 = Manisaspor

| caps6 = 68

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2014–2015

| clubs7 = Konyaspor

| caps7 = 21

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2015–2017

| clubs8 = Göztepe

| caps8 = 30

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2016

| clubs9 = → Gaziantep BB (loan)

| caps9 = 13

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2018

| clubs10 = Gümüşhanespor

| caps10 = 16

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2018–2019

| clubs11 = Fatih Karagümrük

| caps11 = 9

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2019–2020

| clubs12 = Buca FK

| caps12 = 11

| goals12 = 0

| totalcaps = 404

| totalgoals = 26

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Austria U19

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

}}

Benjamin Fuchs (born 20 October 1983) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He also holds German citizenship.

Career

Fuchs started his senior career with Greuther Fürth, making his professional debut during the 2005–06 2. Bundesliga season.{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2005-06/39006/vereinsspieler_benjamin-fuchs.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427065053/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2005-06/39006/vereinsspieler_benjamin-fuchs.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2014|title=2005-06 season stats|work=Kicker|access-date=23 July 2012}} After the season, he joined Regionalliga side SV Wehen for one year, before signing with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2007. After spending four seasons with Braunschweig in the 3rd tier of German football, both Fuchs and the club made it back into the 2. Bundesliga for 2011–12. At the end of the season, his contract with Eintracht Braunschweig was not extended and Fuchs went on to join Manisaspor in the Turkish TFF First League.{{cite web|url=http://www.manisaspor.org.tr/yeni_haber.php?c=a&id=2236|title=Benjamin Fuchs ile 2 yıllık anlaşma sağlandı|work=www.manisaspor.org.tr|accessdate=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184739/http://www.manisaspor.org.tr/yeni_haber.php?c=a&id=2236|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}} In 2014, Fuchs transferred to Süper Lig side Torku Konyaspor.[http://www.ligtv.com.tr/haber/fuchs-konyasporda Fuchs Konyaspor'da]

Personal life

His mother is Turkish and his father is Austrian.{{cite web|year=2015|title=ADI ALMAN KENDİ TÜRK|url=http://www.goztepeliler.com/haber-3713-adi-alman-kendi-turk.html|quote=Onun adı Benjamin Fuchs… Göztepe’nin yıldız futbolcularından… İsminden dolayı herkes onu yabancı zannediyor. Ancak Türk pasaportu taşıyor ve takımının belki de en güzel Türkçe konuşanı. Babası Avusturyalı, annesi Bursalı olan 1983 Almanya doğumlu oyuncu uzun süre Bundesliga 2’de top koşturdu. |publisher=Göztepe S.K.|accessdate=31 August 2021}}

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