Axel Bellinghausen

Axel Bellinghausen

Bellinghaus in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-05-17) 17 May 1983
Place of birth	Siegburg, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left midfielder
Club information
Current team	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Number	11
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–	Fortuna Düsseldorf	100	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:25, 7 August 2016 (UTC).

Axel Bellinghausen (born 17 May 1983) is a German football player who last played for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Bundesliga.

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. In 2005, he signed with Kaiserslautern, where he was made team captain in March 2008. On 30 June 2009, he left the club to join FC Augsburg, where he played until 2012. Playing for the FCA, ' helped achieving promotion to Bundesliga in 2011 and avoiding relegation the following year. He signed for his old club Fortuna Düsseldorf as a free agent in 2012.

Honours

Augsburg

• 2. Bundesliga runner-up: 2010–11

References

External links

• Axel Bellinghausen profile at Fussballdaten