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Ralf Kettemann
Age: 39 (born 20 August 1986)
Club: Paderborn
Role: Head coach
Country: Germany
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You’d be forgiven if Kettemann’s is a name you may struggle to place from his playing days. After all, the 39-year-old – formerly a midfielder by trade – spent his entire career as a player in the lower leagues, climbing no higher than the 3. Liga with any of his former employers.
An academy player at Ulm, Kettemann never made his debut for the Sparrows, instead making the switch to TSV Crailsheim, before going on to play for the likes of Greuther Fürth’s reserves, Stuttgarter Kickers and VfR Aalen.
In May 2011, aged just 24, Kettemann announced his retirement from professional football due to frequent, repeated injuries. He would, however, remain closely tied to the footballing world, assuming the role of player-manager at TSV Ilshofen in the seventh tier of German football.
