Stefan Buck
German association football player and manager
Stefan Buck (born 3 September 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He currently works as an assistant coach for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.
Career
Buck played for a number of clubs in Baden-Württemberg before joining Oberliga side SC Pfullendorf in 2000. The club won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2002, and Buck spent the next two years playing for them in the Regionalliga Süd, before joining FC Bayern Munich II in 2004.
Buck stayed in Munich, joining 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Unterhaching in 2005. He spent two years with the club but the 2006–07 season ended in relegation, and Buck left the club, joining Karlsruher SC, Buck's debut for Karlsruhe was a goalscoring one; he scored in the last minute of extra time to secure a 2–0 win over TSG Neustrelitz in the first round of the DFB Pokal, having come on as a sub for Tamás Hajnal. His Bundesliga debut came three months later, as a replacement for Bradley Carnell in the last minute of a match with MSV Duisburg, and he ended the season with thirteen league appearances.
Buck only made six league appearances the following season. Shortly after the beginning of the 2009–10 season, he signed for FC Augsburg, for whom he made 24 appearances.
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