Christopher Braun
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CFR Cluj | ||
| Number | 47 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2008 | VfL 93 Hamburg | ||
| 2009–2010 | FC St. Pauli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | FC St. Pauli II | 61 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 33 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | VfB Oldenburg | 30 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 34 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Fortuna Sittard | 63 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | OFI | 41 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Botoșani | 61 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | CFR Cluj | 30 | (1) |
| 2023–2026 | Rapid București | 75 | (2) |
| 2026– | CFR Cluj | 14 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 July 2026 | |||
Christopher Braun (born 15 July 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga I club CFR Cluj.
Career
[edit]Born in Hamburg, Braun played in his youth for Hamburger SV, VfL 93 Hamburg and FC St. Pauli. He progressed to senior football with FC St. Pauli's second team in March 2011, helping the team gain promotion to the Regionalliga Nord for the 2011–12 season and remaining with them for two seasons. He then spent one season each with league rivals SV Wilhelmshaven and VfB Oldenburg.
In 2015, he left northern Germany for the first time, joining SG Wattenscheid 09 in the Regionalliga West. After one season, he moved to the Dutch second-division club Fortuna Sittard. He helped the team achieve promotion to the Eredivisie in the 2017–18 season but subsequently lost his regular place and left the club during the winter break of the 2018–19 season. He then joined the Greek first-division club OFI Crete, helping them secure their top-flight status in the relegation play-offs against AO Platanias in May 2019.[1]
After a short spell without a club, he joined Romanian first-division side FC Botoșani in October 2020, signing a two-year contract.[2] In the summer of 2022, reigning champions CFR Cluj signed him, and the club finished third in the league at the end of the season. After one year, he moved to league rivals Rapid Bucureşti in the summer of 2023.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 30 July 2026[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC St. Pauli II | 2010–11 | Oberliga Hamburg | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga Nord | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 61 | 1 | — | — | — | 61 | 1 | |||||
| SV Wilhelmshaven | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nord | 33 | 2 | 3[b] | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| VfB Oldenburg | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nord | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 2015–26 | Regionalliga West | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | ||
| Fortuna Sittard | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 63 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 67 | 1 | ||||
| OFI | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||
| Botoșani | 2020–21 | Liga I | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |||
| Total | 61 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 65 | 1 | |||
| CFR Cluj | 2022–23 | Liga I | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Rapid București | 2023–24 | Liga I | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 78 | 2 | ||||
| CFR Cluj | 2025–26 | Liga I | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 442 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 488 | 10 | ||
- ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, Niedersächsischer Pokal, Westfalenpokal, KNVB Beker, Greek Cup, Cupa României
- ↑ One appearance in DFB-Pokal, two appearances in Niedersächsischer Pokal
- ↑ Appearances in Super League Greece relegation play-offs
- ↑ Appearance in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Europa Conference League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României
Honours
[edit]FC St. Pauli II
SG Wattenscheid 09
CFR Cluj
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2022
References
[edit]- ↑ "Braun verruilt Fortuna voor OFI Kreta - Fortuna Online". 9 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ↑ "Trei dintr-o lovitură! FC Botoșani și-a prezentat ultimele transferuri". www.digisport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ↑ "Primul transfer din această vară efectuat pe ruta CFR Cluj - Rapid! Christopher Braun a fost prezentat" (in Romanian). eurosport.ro. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ↑ Christopher Braun at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
External links
[edit]- Christopher Braun at Soccerway
- Sport.de Profile
- 1991 births
- Living people
- German people of Ghanaian descent
- Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- German men's footballers
- Footballers from Hamburg
- Men's association football full-backs
- SV Wilhelmshaven players
- FC St. Pauli players
- VfB Oldenburg players
- SG Wattenscheid 09 players
- Fortuna Sittard players
- OFI Crete F.C. players
- FC Botoșani players
- CFR Cluj players
- FC Rapid București players
- NOFV-Oberliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Super League Greece players
- Liga I players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- German expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- German expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- 21st-century German sportsmen