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Oliver Kirch
Kirch in 2014
Personal information
Full name Oliver Kirch
Date of birth (1982-08-21) 21 August 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Soest, West Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Arminia Bielefeld (manager)
Youth career
1992–1993 SuS Legden
1993–1996 SuS Stadtlohn
1996–2000 SpVgg Vreden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 SpVgg Vreden [de] 35 (5)
2002–2003 SC Verl 32 (3)
2003–2007 Borussia Mönchengladbach 22 (0)
2007–2010 Arminia Bielefeld 71 (7)
2010–2012 1. FC Kaiserslautern 52 (1)
2012–2013 Borussia Dortmund II 6 (0)
2012–2015 Borussia Dortmund 24 (1)
2015–2016 SC Paderborn 7 (0)
Total 249 (17)
Managerial career
2026– Arminia Bielefeld
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oliver Kirch (German pronunciation: [ˈɔlivɐ ˈkɪʁç]; born 21 August 1982) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder or right-back and current manager of Arminia Bielefeld.[1]

Club career

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Kirch started playing football at age five and was enrolled at the academy of SuS Legden in 1992; spending nine years as an academy player.[2][3] Kirch would go on to join the academy of SuS Stadtlohn and then the academy of SpVgg Vreden.[4] Kirch made his senior professional debut playing for SC Verl in the 2002–03 season before joining Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 2003–04 season, where Kirch made eight appearances in his first professional season. In the 2007–08 Bundesliga season, Kirch left Borussia Mönchengladbach and moved to Arminia Bielefeld and in his first match, he scored his first Bundesliga goal.

Kirch joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 2010–11 Bundesliga season, where he signed a three-year contract. On 21 April 2012, during the 32nd matchday of the 2010–11 Bundesliga season, Kirch scored his first goal of the season in Kaiserslautern's 2–1 away victory over Hertha BSC.[5]

Kirch joined Borussia Dortmund in the 2012–13 Bundesliga season. He signed a two-year contract with the German champions Borussia Dortmund until 30 June 2014.[6] He scored his first Bundesliga goal for Borussia Dortmund on match day 32 in a 2–2 draw against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Afterwards, Kirch joined SC Paderborn 07 in the 2015–16 season, he signed a two-year contract. In July 2016, Kirch decided to end his career.[7]

Personal life

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Kirch and fiancée Jana Flötotto were married in 2011; the civil marriage took place in December 2011 in Central Park in New York City,[8] with the ecclesiastical taking place at the end of May 2012 at the Gütersloh Apostles Church in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.[8]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Verl 2002–03[9] Regionalliga West 32300——323
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2003–04[10] Bundesliga 8010——90
2004–05[11] Bundesliga 0000——00
2005–06[12] Bundesliga 0000——00
2006–07[13] Bundesliga 14000——140
Total 22010——230
Arminia Bielefeld 2007–08[14] Bundesliga 25330——283
2008–09[15] Bundesliga 26020——280
2009–10[16] 2. Bundesliga 20410——214
Total 71760——777
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2010–11[17] Bundesliga 29040——330
2011–12[18] Bundesliga 23130——261
Total 52170——591
Borussia Dortmund 2012–13[19] Bundesliga 40002[a]00060
2013–14[20] Bundesliga 81301[a]000121
2014–15[21] Bundesliga 60203[a]01[b]0120
Total 181506010301
Borussia Dortmund II 2012–13[19] 3. Liga 40———40
2013–14[20] 3. Liga 20———20
Total 60———60
SC Paderborn 2015–16[22] 2. Bundesliga 7000——70
Career total 20811180601023312
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in DFL-Supercup

Honours

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Club

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Borussia Dortmund

References

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  1. ↑ "Kirch, Oliver" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Oliver Kirch - Mit Feinschliff" [Oliver Kirch - with finishing touches] (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bewährtes an der Spitze des Jubiläumsvereins" [Proven at the top of the Jubilee Association]. Halterner Zeitung (in German). 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Neues von den Senioren" [News from the seniors] (in German). sus-stadtlohn.de. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "Hertha taumelt, FCK verabschiedet sich siegreich" [Hertha staggers, FCK bids farewell victoriously] (in German). Kicker. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "BVB verpflichtet Oliver Kirch" [BVB signs Oliver Kirch] (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Oliver Kirch: "Ich beende meine Karriere"" [Oliver Kirch: "I finish my career"] (in German). westline. 6 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. 1 2 Edler, Friederike (25 May 2012). "Ex-Armine Oliver Kirch heiratet Model Jana Flötotto kirchlich" [Former Arminia Oliver Kirch marries model Jana Flötotto in church] (in German). nw-news.de. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2002/03" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2002/03]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2003/04" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2003/04]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2004/05" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2004/05]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2005/06" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2005/06]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2006/07" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2006/07]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2007/08" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2007/08]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2008/09" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2008/09]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2009/10" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2009/10]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2010/11" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2010/11]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2011/12" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2011/12]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  19. 1 2 "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2012/13" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2012/13]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  20. 1 2 "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2013/14" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2013/14]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  21. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2014/15" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2014/15]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  22. ↑ "Spiele von Oliver Kirch – 2015/16" [Games played by Oliver Kirch – 2015/16]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
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