Axel Bellinghausen
German footballer and manager
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Axel Bellinghausen (born 17 May 1983) is a retired German footballer and current assistant manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Date of birth
17 May 1983
Place of birth
Siegburg, West Germany
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position
Left midfielder
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Bellinghausen with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Siegburg, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Left midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Düsseldorf (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1993 | TuS 05 Oberpleis | ||
| 1993–1998 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
| 1998–2001 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 88 | (8) |
| 2005–2009 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 96 | (7) |
| 2009 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | FC Augsburg | 74 | (4) |
| 2012–2018 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 124 | (8) |
| 2017–2018 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia[1] he started at the age of five playing football at TuS 05 Oberpleis. In 1993, when he was ten years old, he went to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He left Bayer 04 Leverkusen five years later to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf where he became a professional football player in 2001.
Honours
Augsburg
- 2. Bundesliga runner-up: 2010–11
