Sebastian Kneißl

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|01|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Lindenfels, West Germany

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|position = Midfielder, forward

|youthyears1 = 1988–1996

|youthclubs1 = KSG Mitlechtern

|youthyears2 = 1996–1998

|youthclubs2 = FC 07 Bensheim

|youthyears3 = 1998–2000

|youthclubs3 = Eintracht Frankfurt

|years1 = 2000–2005

|clubs1 = Chelsea

|caps1 = 0

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2004

|clubs2 = → Dundee (loan)

|caps2 = 11

|goals2 = 1

|years3 = 2004–2005

|clubs3 = → Westerlo (loan)

|caps3 = 10

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2005–2007

|clubs4 = Wacker Burghausen

|caps4 = 33

|goals4 = 4

|years5 = 2007

|clubs5 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

|caps5 = 13

|goals5 = 2

|years6 = 2007

|clubs6 = AFC Wimbledon

|caps6 = 1

|goals6 = 0

|years7 = 2007–2008

|clubs7 = Wivenhoe Town

|caps7 = 1

|goals7 = 0

|years8 = 2008–2009

|clubs8 = SpVgg Weiden

|caps8 = 18

|goals8 = 3

|years9 = 2009–2013

|clubs9 = 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

|caps9 = 94

|goals9 = 16

|years10 = 2013–2014

|clubs10 = SV Heimstetten

|caps10 = 13

|goals10 = 3

|totalcaps = 194

|totalgoals = 29

|nationalyears1 = 2001–2002

|nationalteam1 = Germany U19

|nationalcaps1 = 12

|nationalgoals1 = 3

|nationalyears2 = 2002–2003

|nationalteam2 = Germany U20

|nationalcaps2 = 11

|nationalgoals2 = 3

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Sebastian Kneißl (born 13 January 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and forward.

Club career

After beginning as a youth player in Germany with KSG Mitlechtern, FC 07 Bensheim and Eintracht Frankfurt, Kneißl signed for English side Chelsea in 2000. He stayed with Chelsea for five years, and although he did not make any league appearances,{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/chelsea/chelsea.html|title=CHELSEA : 1946/47 - 2007/08|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database | access-date = 11 March 2012}} he spent loan spells in Scotland with Dundee, where he played in 11 league games, scoring one goal,{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/dundee/dundee.html|title=DUNDEE : 1946/47 - 2007/08|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database | access-date = 11 March 2012}} and in Belgium with Westerlo. After leaving Chelsea in 2005 he played for German clubs SV Wacker Burghausen and Fortuna Düsseldorf, before returning to England with AFC Wimbledon in September 2007, where he made one league appearance before leaving in October 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/players.php?squad=1&Psection_id=3&Psub_section_id=3&player_id=1348&position= |title=Player Profile |work=AFC Wimbledon |access-date=29 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224014733/http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/players.php?squad=1&Psection_id=3&Psub_section_id=3&player_id=1348&position= |archive-date=24 February 2012 }} He signed for Wivenhoe Town in December 2007, but left after just one league appearance. He next signed for SpVgg Weiden in July 2008, before moving to 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in January 2009 on another free transfer.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcschweinfurt05.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=314&Itemid=189|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717141342/http://www.fcschweinfurt05.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=314&Itemid=189|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2011|title=Sebastian Kneißl (Sturm)|publisher=1. FC Schweinfurt 05|language=German}}

After retiring in October 2013, after playing for SV Heimstetten in the Regionalliga Bayern, Kneißl decided to make a comeback in the tier seven Bezirksliga in 2015–16.[http://www.fupa.net/berichte/kneissls-ueberraschungscomeback-in-der-bzl-320107.html Kneißls Überraschungscomeback in der BZL] {{in lang|de}} fupa.net, published: 8 July 2015, accessed: 9 July 2015

International career

Kneißl represented Germany at the 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, in which the Germany U19 finished second, and at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.{{cite web|title=12th FIFA World Youth Championship|publisher=de.fifa.com|url=http://de.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/45/wyc03%5fefsg%5ffifa%5fworld%5fyouth%5fchampionship%5fuae03%5ftr%5f175.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827010154/http://de.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/45/wyc03%5fefsg%5ffifa%5fworld%5fyouth%5fchampionship%5fuae03%5ftr%5f175.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2012|access-date=10 August 2017}}{{WorldFootball.net|sebastian-kneissl}}

Honours

Germany U19

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship: Runner-up 2002{{cite web|title=Torres sparkles for Spain|url=http://www.uefa.com/under19/history/season=2002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402045832/http://www.uefa.com/under19/history/season=2002/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2018|work=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=10 August 2017}}{{cite web|title=Squad U19 EURO 2002 Norway|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/deutschland-u19-h-team/u19-h-em-2002-norwegen/2/|work=www.worldfootball.net|publisher=|access-date=10 August 2017}}