Christian Eigler
German footballer
Christian Eigler (born 1 January 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Eigler was born in Roth. He started his professional career at Greuther Fürth. He finished the 2005–06 2. Bundesliga season with 18 goals, which made him top scorer of the league and took part in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship with the German squad.
He moved to Greuther Fürth's rivals 1. FC Nürnberg in 2008, when Thomas von Heesen was coach there. He had previously played in another squad for which von Heesen has had responsibility for some time, Arminia Bielefeld. His professional playing career ended in 2015 after his three-year stay at FC Ingolstadt 04.
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