Kirsten Zöllner

Kirsten Zöllner
Player information
birthday	2nd August 1981
place of birth	Hanover , Germany
size	215 cm
position	center
college	Boston / Albany
Clubs as active
0000–2001 Turn Klub Hannover 2001–2003 Boston College 2003–2006 University of Albany 2006–2007 AONS Milonas Athens 2007–2008 Skyliners Frankfurt
National team 1
2007	Germany	1 game
1 Status: 2007

Kirsten Zöllner (born August 2, 1981 in Hanover ) is a former German national basketball player .

Life

Zöllner started his sporting career at the age of 16 at the Turn Klub Hannover . In 2001, the 2.15 m center moved to the USA, where, in addition to his studies in the NCAA, he played first at Boston College and from 2003 to 2006 for the University of Albany . With Albany he reached the 2006 Eastern Conference championship. He then moved to the Greek second division AONS Milonas Athens for one season.

Since the 2007/08 season, Kirsten Zöllner was under contract with the German Bundesliga club Skyliners Frankfurt . He played an international match in the jersey of the German national basketball team . After he was often handicapped by injuries in his first season in Frankfurt and after a knee operation during the summer break he did not play a single role with the team in his second season, he ended his sports career in December 2008 due to cartilage damage in his right knee.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DB SKYLINERS are working on the team of the future - career end for customs officers. In: www.schoenen-dunk.de. Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS, December 22, 2008, accessed February 13, 2015 (press release). 
2. ^ Zöllner ends career; early contract renewals | BASKETBALL.DE . In: BASKETBALL.DE . December 22, 2008 ( basketball.de [accessed September 14, 2018]).

Web links

• Kirsten Zöllner player profile on Basketball-Bundesliga.de
• Portrait at the Skyliners Frankfurt ( Memento from May 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Current statistics of customs officer in the district league