Dennis Buschening (Thai: เดนนิส บุสเชนิ่ง; born 2 March 1991) is a German-Thai professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysia Super League club Kelantan.
 Buschening in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Esslingen am Neckar, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kelantan | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 2008–2009 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Westfalia Rhynern | 33 | (15) |
| 2011–2012 | SC Verl | 13 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Hammer SpVg | 14 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Buriram United | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Police Tero (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2014 | Army United | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Siam Navy | 16 | (2) |
| 2017 | Angthong | 22 | (3) |
| 2018 | Westfalia Rhynern | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | SpVgg Beckum | 11 | (2) |
| 2019 | Chainat Hornbill | 9 | (0) |
| 2020 | Sabah | 7 | (4) |
| 2021 | UiTM United | 5 | (1) |
| 2022 | Kedah Darul Aman | 2 | (1) |
| 2023 | MH Nakhon Si City | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | Kelantan | 2 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2023 | |||
Club career
editBuschening learned to play football in the youth departments of Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund and Rot-Weiss Essen. He signed his first contract with Westfalia Rhynern, a club that played in the NRW-Liga. After 33 games, he moved to SC Verl in the Regionalliga in 2011 and then, from 2012 to 2013, to Hammer SpVg in Oberliga Westfalen.
In 2013 he left Germany and moved to Thailand. Here he signed a contract with the first division side Buriram United from Buriram. After six months he was loaned to league rivals Police Tero Sasana to Bangkok. After the end of his contract with Buriram, he joined Army United in 2014, a club that also played in the first division, the Thai League 1, and is based in Bangkok. He played four times for the Army. In 2015 he moved to Sattahip for the then first division team Navy. In 2017 he switched to the second division, the Thai League 2, where he joined Angthong.
He returned to Germany in 2018 where he played again for Westfalia Rhynern.[1] In the same year he joined the SpVgg Beckum, a club that played in the Oberliga Westfalen.
For the back series in 2019 he went back to Thailand. Here he signed a contract in Chai Nat with Premier League club Chainat Hornbill.[2] After Chainat's relegation to the second division, he left the club and moved to Malaysia.
Here he signed a contract with Sabah. The club from Sabah became champions of the second division, the Malaysia Premier League, in 2019. In 2020 the club played in the first division, the Malaysia Super League. He was under contract with the club until the beginning of May 2021. He then moved to Shah Alam for league rivals UiTM United.[3]
Personal life
editBuschening was born in Esslingen am Neckar to a Thai mother and German father.[4]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 9 March 2022
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Buriram United | 2013 | Thai Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Police Tero (loan) | 2013 | Thai Premier League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| Army United | 2014 | Thai Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Navy | 2014 | Thai Premier League | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| Sabah | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 4 | |
| UiTM United | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | |
| Kedah Darul Aman | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career total | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 12 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Thailand-Star Buschening zurück in Rhynern". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Offensivspieler aus Hamm wechselt in Thailands erste Liga". www.wa.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Neuer Job in Malaysia - Dennis Buschening ist Hoffnungsträger im Abstiegskampf". www.wa.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ ‘เดนนิส บุสเชนิ่ง’ ประเดิมยิงตุงแรกในลีกมาเลย์ แต่ทีมยังผลงานแย่
External links
edit- Dennis Buschening at Soccerway
- Dennis Buschening on Instagram
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