Footballers from Thuringia

Clemens Fritz (born 7 December 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder. He is mostly known for his 11-year spell at Werder Bremen.

Alexander Ludwig (born 31 January 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Alexander Zickler (born 28 February 1974) is a German retired footballer who played as a striker.

Bernd Schneider (born 17 November 1973) is a retired German footballer. He was mainly a midfielder but could play anywhere on the left and right flanks. After retiring in June 2009, he took up an advisory role at his first club, Carl Zeiss Jena, and a scouting position at Bayer Leverkusen.

Bianca Schmidt (born 23 January 1990) is a German footballer. She plays as a defender for Turbine Potsdam and the German national team.

Robert Enke (24 August 1977 – 10 November 2009) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Uwe Rösler (born 15 November 1968) is a German football manager and former player who currently manages Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Robert Paul (born 17 October 1984) is a German football defender who currently plays for VFC Plauen.

Marcus Urban (born 4 August 1971, earlier Marcus Schneider) is a former German football player. He played with the East German national youth football team and in the second division club Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the 1980s and early 1990s. Several years afterwards he came out as a gay man. He has spoken publicly about the difficulties that gay footballers experience, and he is now a spokesperson and campaigner on diversity issues in sport and the workplace.

Florian Trinks (born 11 March 1992) is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.