![]() Bickel in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 January 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Bad Langensalza, Germany | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | BW 91 Bad Frankenhausen | ||
Youth career | |||
Fortuna Gräfentonna | |||
FSV Wacker 03 Gotha | |||
–2009 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||
2009–2010 | SC Freiburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | SC Freiburg II | 58 | (24) |
2011–2013 | SC Freiburg | 0 | (0) |
2012 | → Jahn Regensburg (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Energie Cottbus | 31 | (1) |
2013 | Energie Cottbus II | 1 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Hansa Rostock | 44 | (12) |
2015–2018 | SC Paderborn | 36 | (2) |
2017–2018 | → VfL Osnabrück (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2018–2020 | FSV Zwickau | 22 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Chemnitzer FC | 33 | (8) |
2022– | BW 91 Bad Frankenhausen | ||
International career | |||
2010 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022 |
Christian Bickel (born 27 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays for amateur club BW 91 Bad Frankenhausen as a midfielder.
Bickel was born in Bad Langensalza. Before joining Hansa Rostock, he played for SC Freiburg.
After playing youth football for Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Bickel joined SC Freiburg aged 18, having been scouted at a competition. [1] He became a regular player for their reserve team in the 2010–11 season, scoring 19 goals in 32 games in the Regionalliga Süd and was awarded a professional contract at the end of the season. [2] [3] On 28 September 2011, having scored 4 goals in 7 games for the reserve team so far that season, Bickel signed a new contract with Freiburg, valid until 2014. [4] On 1 February 2012, Bickel joined 3. Liga club SSV Jahn Regensburg on loan until the end of the season. [5] He made three appearances for the club as they were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. [6]
On 2 January 2013, he joined Energie Cottbus of the 2. Bundesliga on a free transfer, signing a contract until summer 2015. [7] He had previously had a trial at the club in October the previous year. [7]
On 21 May 2014, Bickel returned to the 3. Liga, signing for Hansa Rostock on a three-year contract. [8]
On 20 August 2015, Bickel signed for SC Paderborn on a two-year contract with the option for a further year. [9]
In June 2017, Bickel joined VfL Osnabrück on a season-long loan. [10] The following month, Bickel tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a 4–0 defeat to Wehen Wiesbaden. [11]
On 16 May 2018, it was announced that Bickel's Paderborn contract had been terminated by mutual consent. [12] [13]
In summer 2018, Bickel joined FSV Zwickau on a contract until June 2021. [14]
In July 2020, Bickel's contract with Zwickau was terminated and he signed for Chemnitzer FC. [15] Bickel was awarded the ARD Sportschau's Goal of the Month award for October 2020, for a strike from 47 meters against Berliner AK 07. [16] [17]
In February 2021, his contract was extended to include the 2021–22 season. [18] Bickel was diagnosed with pericarditis in June 2021, but was able to return to first-team training in August. [19]
In his final match for Chemnitz, the Saxony Cup final against Chemie Leipzig in May 2022, Bickel scored the winning goal in Chemnitz's 2–1 victory with a strike from 20 yards. [20]
In summer 2022, Bickel joined amateur side BW 91 Bad Frankenhausen. [21] [22] As of March 2025, he was both a player and a youth coach at the club. [1]
Bickel was married to his wife Veronika in June 2014. [2]