Benjamin Kauffmann

Benjamin Kauffmann (born 14 July 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger, and currently works as an assistant coach at Bayern Munich U17.

Career

After playing in 1860 Munich's youth team, Kauffmann played for the reserve team of two Bavarian clubs, Wacker Burghausen, and later FC Ingolstadt 04. At Ingolstadt he was given his senior debut, playing for the first-team in a 2. Bundesliga match against Hertha BSC at the Olympiastadion in October 2010. He came on as a substitute for Moritz Hartmann for the last seven minutes of a 3–1 defeat to the eventual champions.

Kauffmann signed for Potsdam club SV Babelsberg 03 in July 2011. He scored in each of his first two appearances, and made 42 appearances for the club in eighteen months before he returned to Bavaria in January 2013 to sign for SpVgg Unterhaching. A year later he signed for Goslarer SC.