Dennis Kruppke

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dennis Kruppke

| image = Kruppke, Dennis BS 12-13 WP.JPG

| upright = 0.8

| caption = Kruppke with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2013

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|04|01|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Münster, West Germany

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Midfielder, forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = VfL Vorwerk

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = SV Olympia Bad Schwartau

| youthyears3 = {{0|0000}}–1995 | youthclubs3 = FC Dornbreite Lübeck

| youthyears4 = 1995–2000 | youthclubs4 = VfB Lübeck

| years1 = 1995–2003 | caps1 = 83 | goals1 = 17 | clubs1 = VfB Lübeck

| years2 = 2003–2007 | caps2 = 85 | goals2 = 4 | clubs2 = SC Freiburg

| years3 = 2003–2007 | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 1 | clubs3 = → SC Freiburg II

| years4 = 2007 | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 7 | clubs4 = → VfB Lübeck (loan)

| years5 = 2008–2015 | caps5 = 196 | goals5 = 61 | clubs5 = Eintracht Braunschweig

| years6 = 2008–2014 | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 2 | clubs6 = Eintracht Braunschweig II

| totalcaps = 391

| totalgoals = 92

}}

Dennis Kruppke (born 1 April 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2014-15/23209/vereinsspieler_dennis-kruppke.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225510/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2014-15/23209/vereinsspieler_dennis-kruppke.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | title = Kruppke, Dennis| language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 25 May 2015}}

Career

Kruppke was born in Münster. He joined Bundesliga side SC Freiburg from VfB Lübeck in 2003. He made his debut in the German first-tier on 2 August 2003, in a match against Bayer Leverkusen.{{cite web |url =https://www.kicker.de/leverkusen-gegen-freiburg-2003-bundesliga-635067/analyse| title = Ponte entzaubert die "Breisgau-Brasilianer" | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 25 May 2015}}

He returned to Lübeck for a six-month loan in January 2007. After this loan he played again for SC Freiburg, but was transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig, then playing in the Regionalliga Nord, in January 2008. Kruppke went on to captain the team to promotions to the 2. Bundesliga in 2011 and the Bundesliga in 2013. After eight seasons in Braunschweig, he retired at the end of the 2014–15 season due to a knee injury.{{cite web | url = http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/dennis-kruppke-soll-bei-den-loewen-bleiben/ | title = Dennis Kruppke soll bei den Löwen bleiben | language = German | publisher = eintracht.com | accessdate = 25 May 2015 | archive-date = 28 June 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150628210221/http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/dennis-kruppke-soll-bei-den-loewen-bleiben/ | url-status = dead }}

Honours

Northern German Sportsperson of the Year (Nordsportler des Jahres): 2012{{cite web| url = http://www.ndr.de/sport/nordsportler123.html| title = Dennis Kruppke Nordsportler des Jahres 2012| language = German| date = 6 January 2013| publisher = ndr.de| accessdate = 21 January 2013| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130127003547/http://www.ndr.de/sport/nordsportler123.html| archivedate = 27 January 2013}}