Christian Demirtaş

Christian Demirtaş (born 25 May 1984) is a German-Turkish former professional footballer who manages VfR Aalen.^[1] He played as a right-back.^[1]

Christian Demirtaş

Demirtaş in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-05-25) 25 May 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	Offenbach am Main, West Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	VfR Aalen (manager)
Youth career
	SG Nieder-Roden
	JSG Rodgau
1997–2002	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2009	Mainz 05 II	58	(5)
2004–2009	Mainz 05	77	(0)
2009–2011	Karlsruher SC	28	(0)
2010–2011	→ Karlsruher SC II	3	(0)
2012	Carl Zeiss Jena	16	(0)
2012–2014	Syrianska FC	18	(0)
2014	SV Wiesbaden	13	(3)
2014–2016	Würzburger Kickers	39	(0)
Total		252	(8)
Managerial career
2022–	VfR Aalen
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Demirtaş joined Swedish club Syrianska FC in summer 2012.^[2]

He ended his playing career in 2016 and continued as a coach at Würzburger Kickers.^[3]

In February 2022 he succeeded Uwe Wolf as manager of VfR Aalen.^[4]

Personal life

Demirtas is of Aramean descent, with roots in Turkey near the Syrian border.^[5]