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{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Timo Achenbach
| image          = Timo Achenbach 04-10-2013.jpg
| caption        = Timo Achenbach playing for [[SV Sandhausen]]
| height         = 1.85 m
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1982|9|3|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Witten, Germany|Witten]], [[West Germany]]
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub    = 
| youthyears1    = 1986–1990
| youthclubs1    = TuS Heven
| youthyears2    = 1990–1993
| youthclubs2    = VfL Witten
| youthyears3    = 1993–1996
| youthclubs3    = [[SG Wattenscheid 09]]
| youthyears4    = 1996–2001
| youthclubs4    = [[Borussia Dortmund Youth Sector|Borussia Dortmund]]
| years1         = 2001–2003
| clubs1         = [[Borussia Dortmund II]]
| caps1          = 37
| goals1         = 2
| years2         = 2003–2004
| clubs2         = → [[VfB Lübeck]] (loan)
| caps2          = 32
| goals2         = 3
| years3         = 2004–2005
| clubs3         = → [[1. FC Köln]] (loan)
| caps3          = 15
| goals3         = 0
| years4         = 2005–2008
| clubs4         = [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth|Greuther Fürth]]
| caps4          = 68
| goals4         = 3
| years5         = 2008–2012
| clubs5         = [[Alemannia Aachen]]
| caps5          = 122
| goals5         = 3
| years6         = 2012–2015
| clubs6         = [[SV Sandhausen]]
| caps6          = 86
| goals6         = 1
| years7         = 2015–2018
| clubs7         = [[KFC Uerdingen 05]]
| caps7          = 56
| goals7         = 4
| years8         = 2018
| clubs8         = TuS Ennepetal
| caps8          = 0
| goals8         = 0
| totalcaps      = 416
| totalgoals     = 16
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1  = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2004
| nationalteam2  = [[Germany national football B team|Germany B]]
| nationalcaps2  = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1  = 2015–2018
| managerclubs1  = [[KFC Uerdingen 05]] (youth)
| manageryears2  = 2018
| managerclubs2  = TuS Ennepetal (assistant)
| manageryears3  = 2018–
| managerclubs3  = [[Borussia Dortmund Youth Sector|Borussia Dortmund (youth)]] (assistant)
}}

'''Timo Achenbach''' (born 3 September 1982) is a German former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a left-sided defender and midfielder.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/timo-achenbach/spieler/2-bundesliga/2014-15/sv-sandhausen | title = Achenbach, Timo | language = German | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>

A youth exponent of [[Borussia Dortmund]], he had loans spells at [[VfB Lübeck]] and [[1. FC Köln]] before playing for [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth]], [[Alemannia Aachen]], and [[SV Sandhausen]] in the [[2. Bundesliga]]. In 2015 he moved to lower league side [[KFC Uerdingen 05]].

Internationally, he represented Germany playing for the [[Germany national under-21 football team|U21]] and [[Germany national football B team|B]] teams.

==Career==
Born in [[Witten, Germany|Witten]], [[West Germany]], Achenbach started his footballing career as a youth player for teams such as his home team, FSV Witten and other clubs. At the age of fourteen he was scouted by [[Borussia Dortmund]], who signed him and for whom he played for the remainder of his youth career.

The 2002–03 season was a good one for the Dortmund amateur team as they won the league, and Achenbach marked himself out to be a top performer. He was bought by [[VfB Lübeck]] for €30,000 in 2003–04, where he proved to be a useful player and was part of the team, but the team was relegated at the end of the season. Once again Achenbach would be loaned, to [[1. FC Köln]], for the 2004–05 season, where he played in both the first team and in the amateur team in the Northern Regional League.

After a period of switching clubs, Achenbach finished up in [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth]] and has since signed a contract keeping him at the club until season 2007–08. In the 2009–10 season at 2. Bundesliga side Alemannia Aachen, Achenbach was attracting attention from clubs worldwide thanks to his prestigious skill, versatility and jinking runs.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerway|timo-achenbach/16812}}
* {{Worldfootball.net|timo-achenbach}}
* {{Fussballdaten|achenbachtimo|Timo Achenbach}}

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[[Category:Sportspeople from Witten]]
[[Category:Footballers from Arnsberg (region)]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:German men's footballers]]
[[Category:Germany men's B international footballers]]
[[Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Borussia Dortmund II players]]
[[Category:VfB Lübeck players]]
[[Category:1. FC Köln players]]
[[Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth players]]
[[Category:Alemannia Aachen players]]
[[Category:SV Sandhausen players]]
[[Category:KFC Uerdingen 05 players]]
[[Category:2. Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:Regionalliga players]]
[[Category:21st-century German sportsmen]]


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