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Jürgen Rittenauer

German footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3816299 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jürgen Rittenauer (born 18 May 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Rittenauer joined Hallescher FC in 2009, having played for a number of semi-pro clubs in southern Germany. He served as backup goalkeeper to Darko Horvat. He did not make any appearances as the club won the Regionalliga Nord in the 2011–12 season, but made his 3. Liga debut in a 1–0 defeat to SpVgg Unterhaching in August 2012. He was released by Halle in July 2013 and signed for 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jürgen Rittenauer” as german footballer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2009, 2011, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-05-18. The account is most persuasive where Jürgen, Rittenauer and German can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as german footballer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3816299. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jürgen Rittenauer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.