Thorsten Kirschbaum — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

12

clubs played for

05/06

debut season

0

goals / match

FC Energie Cottbus

top club · 97 apps

Position rank · 22/23

#250

goals rank

#378

assists rank

0

season goals

0

season assists

Among 3,425 Goalkeepers · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.50m

peak value · 2014

€100k

top transfer fee · 15/16

—

best season

16 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Avilés Hurtado

Attack - Left Winger · Deportivo Cali

€400k

Khaled Al-Rashidi

Goalkeeper · Kuwait SC

€75k

Ammar Jemal

Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Jacques Salze

Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Shares 1987-04-20 · 6 players total

324Appearances

0Goals

0Assists

19Yellow cards

0Red cards

321Full matches (90′)

Full name	Thorsten Kirschbaum
Date of birth	1987-04-20 (39 yrs)
Place of birth	Würzburg, Germany
Citizenship	Germany
Position	Goalkeeper
Foot	left
Height	195.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2025-07-01
Contract expires	—
Agent	PRO Profil GmbH
Outfitter	adidas

Jul 2025

Transfer: TSV Obernzenn → Retired

25/26 · Transfer

Jul 2023

Transfer: J. Regensburg → TSV Obernzenn

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2022

22/23 — SSV Jahn Regensburg

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jun 2022

Injury: unknown

Feb 2022

Injury: unknown

5 games missed

Jul 2021

21/22 — SSV Jahn Regensburg

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2021

Transfer: VVV-Venlo → J. Regensburg

21/22 · Transfer

May 2021

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Feb 2021

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2020

20/21 — VVV-Venlo

31 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2019

19/20 — VVV-Venlo

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2019

Transfer: B. Leverkusen → VVV-Venlo

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 — Bayer 04 Leverkusen

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2018

Transfer: 1.FC Nuremberg → B. Leverkusen

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 — 1.FC Nuremberg

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Mar 2017

Injury: unknown

5 games missed

Jul 2016

16/17 — 1.FC Nuremberg

23 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Apr 2016

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2015

15/16 — 1.FC Nuremberg, 1.FC Nuremberg II

16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: VfB Stuttgart → 1.FC Nuremberg

15/16 · Transfer · €100k

May 2015

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2014

14/15 — VfB Stuttgart

6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Feb 2014

Injury: unknown

9 games missed

Aug 2013

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2013

13/14 — VfB Stuttgart

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2013

Transfer: Energie Cottbus → VfB Stuttgart

13/14 · Transfer

Dec 2012

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2012

12/13 — FC Energie Cottbus

33 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Apr 2012

Injury: unknown

7 games missed

Dec 2011

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2011

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2011

11/12 — FC Energie Cottbus

27 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 2011

Injury: unknown

5 games missed

Jul 2010

10/11 — FC Energie Cottbus

37 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2010

Transfer: SV Sandhausen → Energie Cottbus

10/11 · Transfer

Oct 2009

Transfer: Without Club → SV Sandhausen

09/10 · Transfer

Jul 2009

09/10 — SV Sandhausen

20 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2009

Transfer: FC Vaduz → Without Club

09/10 · Transfer

Jan 2009

Transfer: TSG Hoffenheim → FC Vaduz

08/09 · Transfer

Jul 2008

08/09 — TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II, FC Vaduz

19 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2007

07/08 — TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2006

06/07 — TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

21 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2006

Transfer: Hoffenheim U19 → TSG Hoffenheim

06/07 · Transfer

Jul 2005

05/06 — TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U19

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2004

Transfer: Nürnberg U17 → Hoffenheim U19

04/05 · Transfer

Jul 2002

Transfer: Nürnberg Yth. → Nürnberg U17

02/03 · Transfer

Jul 1999

Transfer: Obernzenn Yth. → Nürnberg Yth.

99/00 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2903 other Goalkeepers with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals0 total · 0.00/90

0

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

0

G+A0 total · 0.00/90

0

Yellow cards1 total · 0.33/90

1

Clean sheets0 total · 0.00/90

0

Minutes played by club

SSV Jahn Regensburg 1.9%

VVV-Venlo 17.6%

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.3%

1.FC Nuremberg 15.7%

1.FC Nuremberg II 0.6%

VfB Stuttgart 3.1%

FC Energie Cottbus 30.2%

SV Sandhausen 6.2%

FC Vaduz 4.7%

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3.0%

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II 8.5%

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U19 8.1%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Minutes
SSV Jahn Regensburg	2	21/22	22/23	6	540
VVV-Venlo	2	19/20	20/21	57	5,085
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1	18/19	18/19	1	90
1.FC Nuremberg	3	15/16	17/18	51	4,531
1.FC Nuremberg II	1	15/16	15/16	2	180
VfB Stuttgart	2	13/14	14/15	10	900
FC Energie Cottbus	3	10/11	12/13	97	8,730
SV Sandhausen	1	09/10	09/10	20	1,800
FC Vaduz	1	08/09	08/09	16	1,366
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	4	05/06	08/09	10	855
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II	3	06/07	08/09	28	2,464
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U19	1	05/06	05/06	26	2,340

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	YC	Minutes
22/23	2. Bundesliga	SSV Jahn Regensburg	3	1	270
22/23	DFB-Pokal	SSV Jahn Regensburg	0	0	0
21/22	2. Bundesliga	SSV Jahn Regensburg	3	0	270
21/22	DFB-Pokal	SSV Jahn Regensburg	0	0	0
20/21	Eredivisie	VVV-Venlo	29	1	2,565
20/21	KNVB Beker	VVV-Venlo	2	0	180
19/20	Eredivisie	VVV-Venlo	26	3	2,340
19/20	KNVB Beker	VVV-Venlo	0	0	0
18/19	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0	0	0
18/19	DFB-Pokal	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0	0	0
18/19	Europa League	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1	0	90
17/18	2. Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	12	1	1,080
17/18	DFB-Pokal	1.FC Nuremberg	2	1	180
16/17	2. Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	22	2	1,891
16/17	DFB-Pokal	1.FC Nuremberg	1	0	90
15/16	2. Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	12	0	1,080
15/16	DFB-Pokal	1.FC Nuremberg	2	0	210
15/16	Regionalliga Bayern	1.FC Nuremberg II	2	0	180
14/15	Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart	6	1	540
14/15	DFB-Pokal	VfB Stuttgart	0	0	0
13/14	Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart	3	0	270
13/14	DFB-Pokal	VfB Stuttgart	1	0	90
13/14	Europa League Qualifying	VfB Stuttgart	0	0	0
12/13	2. Bundesliga	FC Energie Cottbus	32	1	2,880
12/13	DFB-Pokal	FC Energie Cottbus	1	0	90
11/12	2. Bundesliga	FC Energie Cottbus	27	2	2,430
10/11	2. Bundesliga	FC Energie Cottbus	32	0	2,880
10/11	DFB-Pokal	FC Energie Cottbus	5	0	450
09/10	3. Liga	SV Sandhausen	20	3	1,800
08/09	Bundesliga	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0	0
08/09	DFB-Pokal	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0	0
08/09	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II	3	0	270
08/09	Super League	FC Vaduz	16	2	1,366
07/08	2. Bundesliga	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1	0	45
07/08	DFB-Pokal	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0	0
07/08	Oberliga Ba-Wü	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II	13	0	1,114
06/07	Oberliga Ba-Wü	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II	12	0	1,080
06/07	Regionalliga Süd	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	9	0	810
05/06	Regionalliga Süd	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0	0
05/06	U19-Bundesliga S/SW	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U19	26	1	2,340

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
99/00	1999-07-01	Obernzenn Yth.	Nürnberg Yth.	Transfer	0	—
02/03	2002-07-01	Nürnberg Yth.	Nürnberg U17	Transfer	0	—
04/05	2004-07-01	Nürnberg U17	Hoffenheim U19	Transfer	0	—
06/07	2006-07-01	Hoffenheim U19	TSG Hoffenheim	Transfer	100000	—
08/09	2009-01-10	TSG Hoffenheim	FC Vaduz	Transfer	200000	—
09/10	2009-07-01	FC Vaduz	Without Club	Transfer	400000	—
09/10	2009-10-23	Without Club	SV Sandhausen	Transfer	400000	—
10/11	2010-07-01	SV Sandhausen	Energie Cottbus	Transfer	550000	—
13/14	2013-07-01	Energie Cottbus	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	1000000	—
15/16	2015-07-01	VfB Stuttgart	1.FC Nuremberg	Transfer	700000	€100k
18/19	2018-07-01	1.FC Nuremberg	B. Leverkusen	Transfer	400000	—
19/20	2019-07-01	B. Leverkusen	VVV-Venlo	Transfer	200000	—
21/22	2021-07-01	VVV-Venlo	J. Regensburg	Transfer	300000	—
23/24	2023-07-01	J. Regensburg	TSV Obernzenn	Transfer	200000	—
25/26	2025-07-01	TSV Obernzenn	Retired	Transfer	0	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
10/11	Fever	2011-01-28	2011-02-11	15	5
11/12	Torn lateral ankle ligament	2011-07-27	2011-08-05	10	1
11/12	Muscle fiber tear	2011-12-06	2011-12-20	15	2
11/12	Torn muscle fiber	2012-04-05	2012-05-14	40	7
12/13	Torn muscle fiber	2012-12-07	2012-12-31	25	2
13/14	flu	2013-08-23	2013-08-26	4	1
13/14	Torn muscle bundle	2014-02-26	2014-04-04	38	9
14/15	muscular problems	2015-05-07	2015-05-15	9	1
15/16	strain	2016-04-22	2016-05-13	22	3
16/17	Abdominal muscle strain	2017-03-11	2017-04-12	33	5
20/21	bruise	2021-02-16	2021-02-19	4	1
20/21	Ankle injury	2021-05-14	2021-06-30	48	1
21/22	Calf injury	2022-02-11	2022-03-14	32	5
22/23	Torn muscle fiber	2022-06-18	2022-07-03	16	0

Current€200k

Peak€1.50m

Low—

Δ since start+€100k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€450k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.25m
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€550k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€175k
Jan 1, 1970	€175k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #5710	#1	6	—	—	former national player
Team #5709	#1	3	—	—	former national player
Team #3817	#12	7	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Alexander Bittroff	2	0	0
Daniel Adlung	2	0	0
Roger Bernardo	1	0	0
Marc Schneckenberger	1	0	0
Steffen Haas	2	0	0
Kevin Möhwald	2	0	0
Nils Petersen	2	0	0
Denis Bindnagel	1	0	0
Claus Bückle	1	0	0

Teams faced most often by Thorsten Kirschbaum's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
SC Freiburg	35	11	6	18	56	62	-6	31%
VfL Wolfsburg	34	9	6	19	36	51	-15	26%
1. FSV Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	51	48	+3	35%
1. FC Köln	34	14	9	11	50	38	+12	41%
Borussia Dortmund	34	4	7	23	47	83	-36	12%
1. FC Union Berlin	34	7	12	15	42	52	-10	21%
Eintracht Frankfurt	33	12	6	15	58	68	-10	36%
FC Augsburg	32	16	3	13	51	48	+3	50%
Hertha BSC	32	13	7	12	45	43	+2	41%
1. FC Nürnberg	31	13	4	14	44	41	+3	42%
FC Schalke 04	30	13	5	12	52	47	+5	43%
Arminia Bielefeld	30	11	10	9	35	33	+2	37%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
05/06	Senior debut season

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	Cards / 90′
22/23	3	270	1	0.33
20/21	31	2,745	1	0.03
19/20	26	2,340	3	0.12
17/18	14	1,260	2	0.14
16/17	23	1,981	2	0.09
14/15	6	540	1	0.17
12/13	33	2,970	1	0.03
11/12	27	2,430	2	0.07
09/10	20	1,800	3	0.15
08/09	19	1,636	2	0.11
05/06	26	2,340	1	0.04

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

Season	Matches	Mins	Clean sheets	CS %	Goals conceded	GC / 90′
22/23	3	270	0	0%	9	3
21/22	3	270	0	0%	7	2.33
20/21	31	2,745	1	3%	68	2.23
19/20	26	2,340	4	15%	51	1.96
18/19	1	90	0	0%	1	1
17/18	14	1,260	2	14%	20	1.43
16/17	23	1,981	5	22%	34	1.54
15/16	16	1,470	7	44%	23	1.41
14/15	6	540	1	17%	16	2.67
13/14	4	360	1	25%	6	1.5
12/13	33	2,970	11	33%	35	1.06
11/12	27	2,430	8	30%	39	1.44
10/11	37	3,330	9	24%	53	1.43
09/10	20	1,800	3	15%	33	1.65
08/09	19	1,636	2	11%	38	2.09
07/08	14	1,159	6	43%	13	1.01
06/07	21	1,890	5	24%	31	1.48
05/06	26	2,340	6	23%	46	1.77