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Christian Bickel
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Christian Bickel (born 27 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays for amateur club BW 91 Bad Frankenhausen as a midfielder.
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Bickel was born in Bad Langensalza. Before joining Hansa Rostock, he played for SC Freiburg.
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Early career
After playing youth football for Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Bickel joined SC Freiburg aged 18, having been scouted at a competition.[1] He became a regular player for their reserve team in the 2010–11 season, scoring 19 goals in 32 games in the Regionalliga Süd and was awarded a professional contract at the end of the season.[2][3] He also made two appearances for the Germany under-20 team during the 2010–11 season.[4] On 28 September 2011, having scored 4 goals in 7 games for the reserve team so far that season, Bickel signed a new contract with Freiburg, valid until 2014.[5] On 1 February 2012, Bickel joined 3. Liga club SSV Jahn Regensburg on loan until the end of the season.[6] He made three appearances for the club as they were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.[7]
Energie Cottbus
On 2 January 2013, he joined Energie Cottbus of the 2. Bundesliga on a free transfer, signing a contract until summer 2015.[8] He had previously had a trial at the club in October the previous year.[8]
Bickel made 21 league appearances across the 2013–14 season, as Cottbus finished bottom of the 2. Bundesliga and were relegated to the 3. Liga.[9] Bickel was later criticised by the club for his performances across the 2013–14 season and fined by the club for comments about the club while under contract.[10][11]
Hansa Rostock
On 21 May 2014, Bickel returned to the 3. Liga, signing for Hansa Rostock on a three-year contract.[12]
Bickel was given the 3. Liga Player of the Month award for March 2015, having won 52.6% of votes.[13]
SC Paderborn
On 20 August 2015, Bickel signed for 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn on a two-year contract with the option for a further year.[14] Over the course of the season, he played in only 10 of Paderborn's league matches,[15] having suffered a torn ligament in his knee in September and a torn muscle in February.[16]
At the end of the 2015–16 season, he signed a new contract with the club, valid until 2019.[17]
In June 2017, Bickel joined VfL Osnabrück on a season-long loan.[18] The following month, Bickel tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a 4–0 defeat to Wehen Wiesbaden.[19]
On 16 May 2018, it was announced that Bickel's Paderborn contract had been terminated by mutual consent.[20]
FSV Zwickau
In summer 2018, Bickel joined FSV Zwickau on a contract until June 2021.[21]
Having failed to play for the club thus far during the 2019–20 season, Bickel attempted to find a loan move elsewhere during the winter transfer window, but no transfer materialised for him.[22][23] He made 2 substitute appearances for the club later in the season.[23]
Chemnitzer FC
In July 2020, Bickel's contract with Zwickau was terminated and he signed for Regionalliga Nordost club Chemnitzer FC.[24] He scored on his debut for the club in a 3–0 Saxony Cup semi-final win over Inter Leipzig in August 2020,[25] and he also played in the 2–1 victory over FC Eilenburg in the final later that month, despite having already been eliminated from the competition at the quarter-final stage with FSV Zwickau.[26][27] Bickel was awarded the ARD Sportschau's Goal of the Month award for October 2020, for a strike from 47 meters against Berliner AK 07 in the Regionalliga Nordost.[28][29] The league season was suspended in November 2020 however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Bickel having scored 6 goals in 11 games, and in March 2020 it was announced that the season would not be resumed.[30][31] In February 2021, his contract was extended to include the 2021–22 season.[32] He suffered from COVID-19 during April 2021.[26]
Bickel was diagnosed with pericarditis in June 2021, but was able to return to first-team training in August.[33]
In May 2022, it was announced that Bickel's contract would be terminated at the end of the season at his request, due to his persistent injury problems.[34] In his final match for Chemnitz, the Saxony Cup final against Chemie Leipzig, Bickel scored the winning goal in Chemnitz's 2–1 victory with a strike from 20 yards.[35]
In summer 2022, Bickel joined amateur side BW 91 Bad Frankenhausen.[36][37] As of March 2025, he was both a player and a youth coach at the club.[1]
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Style of play
He plays largely as a central midfielder but can also play as a winger.[25]
Personal life
Bickel was married to his wife Veronika in June 2014.[2] As of August 2020, they have two children.[25]
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