René Klingenburg

{{Infobox football biography

| name = René Klingenburg

| image = 2019-08-10 TuS Dassendorf vs. SG Dynamo Dresden (DFB-Pokal) by Sandro Halank–309.jpg

| caption = Klingenburg in 2019

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|12|29}}

| birth_place = Oberhausen, Germany

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1997–2004

| youthclubs1 = Post SV Oberhausen

| youthyears2 = 2004–2008

| youthclubs2 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

| youthyears3 = 2008–2010

| youthclubs3 = MSV Duisburg

| youthyears4 = 2010–2012

| youthclubs4 = Schalke 04

| years1 = 2012–2015

| clubs1 = Schalke 04 II

| caps1 = 58

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2012–2014

| clubs2 = Schalke 04

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2015–2016

| clubs3 = Viktoria Köln

| caps3 = 35

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2016–2017

| clubs4 = Rot Weiss Ahlen

| caps4 = 17

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017–2018

| clubs5 = Schalke 04 II

| caps5 = 35

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2018–2019

| clubs6 = Preußen Münster

| caps6 = 34

| goals6 = 9

| years7 = 2019–2020

| clubs7 = Dynamo Dresden

| caps7 = 25

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2020–2021

| clubs8 = Viktoria Köln

| caps8 = 19

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2021–2023

| clubs9 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| caps9 = 29

| goals9 = 2

| club-update = 5 July 2023

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René Klingenburg (born 29 December 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/rene-klingenburg/ |title=René Klingenburg |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=5 July 2023}}

Career

Born in Oberhausen, Klingenburg signed his first professional contract with FC Schalke 04 in December 2012.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/huebscher-assistiert---klingenburg-wird-profi-579458/artikel |title=Hübscher assistiert - Klingenburg wird Profi |date=21 December 2012 |website=kicker |language=de-DE |access-date=12 April 2020}} In January 2015, Klingenburg joined Viktoria Köln on a contract until 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/viktoria-koeln-holt-klingenburg-619700/artikel |title=Viktoria Köln holt Klingenburg |date=23 January 2015 |website=kicker |language=de-DE |access-date=12 April 2020}} Klingenburg then joined Rot Weiss Ahlen in the summer of 2016,{{Cite news |url=https://www.die-glocke.de/lokalnachrichten/lokalsport/RWA-holt-Yesilova-und-Klingenburg-20ba2fee-a28e-4fac-9d56-5600a8bae526-ds |title=RWA holt Yesilova und Klingenburg |date=4 August 2016 |work=Die Glocke |access-date=12 April 2020}} before returning to Schalke in January 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/klingenburg-ist-zurueck-auf-schalke-668684/artikel |title=Klingenburg ist zurück auf Schalke |date=13 January 2017 |website=kicker |access-date=12 April 2020}} He joined Preußen Münster on a one-year contract ahead of the 2018–19 season.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fussball.com/3-liga-preussen-muenster-verpflichtet-rene-klingenburg/ |title=3. Liga: Preußen Münster verpflichtet René Klingenburg |date=12 July 2018 |website=Fussball.com |language=de-DE |access-date=12 April 2020}} On 27 May 2019, Klingenburg joined Dynamo Dresden on a three-year contract ahead of the upcoming 2019–20 season.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/saison/news/newsdetails/dynamo-verpflichtet-rene-klingenburg-bis-2022.html |title=Dynamo verpflichtet René Klingenburg bis 2022 |date=27 May 2019 |publisher=Dynamo Dresden |language=de-DE |access-date=12 April 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527093811/https://www.dynamo-dresden.de/saison/news/newsdetails/dynamo-verpflichtet-rene-klingenburg-bis-2022.html |url-status=dead }}