Sören Pirson
Pirson in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-27) 27 August 1985
Place of birth Essen, West Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1997 SV Burgaltendorf
1997–1998 Schwarz-Weiss Essen
1998–1999 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
1999–2002 Fortuna Düsseldorf
2002–2004 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Borussia Dortmund II 54 (0)
2006–2007 Borussia Dortmund 1 (0)
2007–2008 Rot-Weiss Essen 2 (0)
2008–2011 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 81 (0)
2011–2012 Ergotelis 20 (0)
2012–2017 FSV Frankfurt 37 (0)
Total 195 (0)
International career
2005 Germany U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sören Pirson (born 27 August 1985) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Career

Borussia Dortmund

In his youth, Pirson played at the suburban club SV Burgaltendorf in Essen, at Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Fortuna Düsseldorf.[2] For the 2002–03 season, Pirson moved to Borussia Dortmund's youth academy. In 2004, Pirson was promoted to the second team of the club, Borussia Dortmund II. After a cruciate ligament rupture suffered by backup goalkeeper of the first team, Bernd Meier, Pirson moved up as the third goalkeeper in Dortmund's professional squad for the 2005–06 season.[3] From the 2006–07 season he became the backup to Roman Weidenfeller. Pirson's only appearance for the first team came in October 2006 in the DFB-Pokal game in the second round against Hannover 96, when regular goalkeeper Weidenfeller was sent off after a handball outside the penalty area.[4] In addition, he was still playing with the second team, which competed in the Regionalliga Nord. Pirson grew into a fan favourite among Borussia supporters due to his down to earth demeanor and interest in the fan scene.

Rot-Weiss Essen and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

For the 2007–08 season, Pirson moved to Rot-Weiss Essen, who had recently suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga.[2] He was in the starting lineup on the first matchday of the season, but lost his spot in goal after a 1–4 defeat against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen to Daniel Masuch and did not make another league appearance for the team.[5] After missing out on promotion to the 3. Liga, he was signed by recently promoted 2. Bundesliga club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[6] There, he made his professional debut on 23 November 2008, when he came on as a substitute for Christoph Semmler in the 74th minute in a game against SV Wehen Wiesbaden.[7] Afterwards, he grew into a regular starter for the club. After the team relegated following the 2010–11 season, his contract was not extended.

Ergotelis

In 2011, after leaving Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Pirson signed with Greek club Ergotelis where he immediately became the starting goalkeeper.[8] During the season, he lost his regular place in goal. At the end of the season, the club suffered relegation from the Super League Greece.[9]

FSV Frankfurt

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, the German 2. Bundesliga club FSV Frankfurt announced that they had signed Pirson on a two-year contract, where he was set to replace the outgoing substitute goalkeeper Michael Langer, who had left the club.[10] As expected, Pirson was the backup behind Patric Klandt at FSV, but was allowed to make one 2. Bundesliga appearance in the last game of the 2012–13 season away against Eintracht Braunschweig, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[4] Two more appearances followed in the 2013–14 season.[5] In the 2015–16 season Pirson relegated as part of FSV without making a single appearance, as the team finish second from bottom in the league table. His contract was nevertheless extended, and he grew into the starting goalkeeper during the 2016–17 season in the 3. Liga, making 34 appearances.[11][5] Nevertheless, FSV Frankfurt suffered relegation again, finishing bottom of the table in the league, which meant that the club found itself in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Südwest.[12] Pirson's contract was not extended upon relegation.

Personal life

In July 2015, Pirson and his FSV Frankfurt teammate Denis Epstein were nominated for the XY Prize for Civil Courage, intervening as a man was attacked in the Frankfurt U-Bahn.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Pirson, Sören" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Rot-Weiss holt Sören Pirson, Mitja Schäfer und Co-Trainer Ralf Aussem". Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). 10 June 2007.
  3. ↑ "Fußball Bundesliga: Pirson rückt für verletzten Meier ins BVB-Team". Handelsblatt (in German). 5 September 2006.
  4. 1 2 Daniels, Jörg (20 November 2013). "FSV Frankfurt: Der geduldige zweite Mann". FAZ.NET (in German).
  5. 1 2 3 Sören Pirson at Soccerway
  6. ↑ ""Positiver Eindruck" von Pirson". Reviersport (in German). 9 June 2008.
  7. ↑ "RWO erkämpft sich einen Punkt". kicker (in German). 23 November 2008.
  8. ↑ "Λύση με Πίρσον κάτω από τα δοκάρια". sport24.gr (in Greek). 24 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Πέθανε ο Παπουτσάκης". www.gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 23 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Pirson zum FSV Frankfurt". Eurosport Deutschland (in German). 22 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "FSV Frankfurt verlängert Verträge der Torhüter Pirson und Pellowski". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 16 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Schneider, Daniel (4 January 2018). "Abgestürzte Traditionsklubs: FSV Frankfurt - "Hier wurde zu viel geträumt"". bild.de (in German).
  13. ↑ "Frankfurter Fußballprofis werden im TV ausgezeichnet". Framkfurter Neue Presse (in German). 12 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Hein, Dirk (13 August 2015). "Essener Torhüter Sören Pirson greift bei brutaler Schlägerei ein". Der Westen (in German).
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