Sven Benken

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Sven Benken
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-04-20) 20 April 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Lauchhammer, East Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1994 FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg
1994–1997 Energie Cottbus 93 (19)
1997–1999 Werder Bremen 29 (0)
1999–2002 Hansa Rostock 56 (2)
2003–2004 Dresdner SC 23 (2)
2004–2008 Blau-Gelb Laubsdorf
Managerial career
2013–2014 Energie Cottbus U-14 [1]
2014– SG Burg [2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Benken (born 20 April 1970) is a German former professional footballer who worked as a manager for SG Burg. [3] He spent five seasons in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and Hansa Rostock.

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Energie Cottbus

Werder Bremen

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References

  1. "Sven Benken verstärkt NWLZ" (in German). fcenergie.de. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. "Sven Benken wird Trainer der 1. Männermannschaft" (in German). sg-burg.de. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. "Benken, Sven" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  4. Bähr, Christoph (20 August 2018). "Ein verhängnisvoller Triumph". Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2021.