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Daniel Brosinski is a 29-year-old right back for 1. FSV Mainz 05.  Brosinski was born on July 17, 1988 in Karlsruhe, West Germany, and spent his youth career playing for SG Siemens Karlsruhe until 2001, and Karlsruher SC from 2001 to 2006.  His senior career continued on Karlsruhe’s reserve squad from 2006 to 2008, 1. FC Köln’s reserve and senior squads from 2008 to 2011, SV Wehen Wiesbaden in 2011, MSV Duisburg from 2011 to 2013, SpVgg Greuther Fürth from 2013 to 2014, and Mainz since 2014, where he has scored 3 goals in more than 100 appearances.  Brosinski also made 4 appearances for Germany’s U-20 squad between 2007 and 2008.

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Florian Mayer is a 20-year-old defender for Borussia Mönchengladbach.  Mayer was born on March 4th, 1998 and spent his youth career playing for Schalke 04 from 2005 to 2013, VfL Bochum from 2013 to 2016, and Borussia Mönchengladbach from 2016 to 2017.  His senior career continued at Gladbach starting in 2017, where he has made appearances for both their reserve squad and their 1. Bundesliga squad.  Mayer also made 1 appearance each for Germany’s U19 and U20 teams in 2017, which included a full 90 minutes against Denmark in a 3:1 victory.

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Julian Pollersbeck is a 23-year-old goalkeeper for Hamburger SV.  Pollersbeck was born on August 16, 1994 in Altötting, Germany and spent his youth career playing football for DJK Emmerting and Wacker Burghausen.  His senior career continued at Wacker Burghausen beginning in 2011, and in 2013 he transferred to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he made 78 appearances for the 1st and 2nd squads between 2013 and 2017.  He transferred to his current club in 2017.  He has also played for Germany’s U21 squad, making his debut on November 21, 2016 in a 1:0 victory over Turkey.

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​Benjamin Henrichs is a 21-year-old full-back and midfielder for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.  Henrichs was born on February 23, 1997 in Bocholt, Germany to a German father and Ghanaian mother and has played for Leverkusen since he started playing football in his youth.  His senior career and Bundesliga debut came on September 20, 2015 in a match against Borussia Dortmund, when he replaced Karim Bellarabi after 78 minutes. On November 4, 2016, he was called up to the German national squad by Joachim Löw for a World Cup qualifier against San Marino and a friendly against Italy, and that same year was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in the U-19 category.