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Nicky Adler
	Adler playing for Erzgebirge Aue in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	23 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Leipzig, East Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–1997	SG Rotation Leipzig
1997–2003	VfB Leipzig
2003–2004	1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2007	1860 Munich II
2005–2007	1860 Munich
2007–2008	1. FC Nürnberg
2007–2008	1. FC Nürnberg II
2008–2010	MSV Duisburg
2008–2010	MSV Duisburg II
2010–2011	VfL Osnabrück
2011	Wacker Burghausen
2012–2015	SV Sandhausen
2015–2018	Erzgebirge Aue
2018–2019	Lokomotive Leipzig
Total
International career
2004	Germany U19
2004–2005	Germany U20
Managerial career
2019–2020	Lokomotive Leipzig (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicky Adler (born 23 May 1985) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a striker, and current assistant coach of Lokomotive Leipzig.

During his career, he has played for 1860 Munich, 1. FC Nürnberg, MSV Duisburg, VfL Osnabrück, Wacker Burghausen, SV Sandhausen, and Erzgebirge Aue. Adler has played internationally for Germany twice at under-19 and fourteen times at the under-20 level.

Club career

In 2003, Adler moved from the amateur ranks into the professional game as a player for TSV 1860 Munich and played 68 times in lower-league football before starting out as a senior player.

Adler made his debut in the top flight of German football on 1 September 2007 at Energie Cottbus. He was brought on late in the game for Gláuber and scored three minutes from time. However, the goal was disallowed despite no visible infringement. He resigned his contract with MSV Duisburg on 7 July 2010^[1] and signed a two-years contract for VfL Osnabrück one day later.^[2]

International career

Adler played twice for the Germany U19 national team, eleven times for the Germany U20, scoring four goals.

Coaching career

Retiring at the end of the 2018–19 season, Adler took his coaching license. On 8 December 2019, he was hired as an assistant coach for his last club, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, under head coach Wolfgang Wolf.^[3] On 18 May 2020, the club announced that Adler would leave the club at the end of the season so he could obtain the coaching license for the next level.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Ref.
1860 Munich II	2004–05	Regionalliga Süd	31	12	—		—		—		31	12	^[5]
	2005–06		27	11	—		—		—		27	11	^[6]
	2006–07		8	3	—		—		—		8	3	^[7]
	Total		66	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	26	—
1860 Munich	2004–05	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	^[5]
	2005–06		9	0	1	0	—		—		10	0	^[6]
	2006–07		24	6	1	0	—		—		25	6	^[7]
	Total		33	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	35	6	—
1. FC Nürnberg	2007–08	Bundesliga	13	0	1	0	3	0	—		17	0	^[8]
1. FC Nürnberg II	2007–08	Bayernliga	15	7	—		—		—		15	7	^[9]
MSV Duisburg	2008–09	2. Bundesliga	17	2	1	1	—		—		18	3	^[10]
	2009–10	2. Bundesliga	25	3	2	0	—		—		27	3	^[11]
	Total		42	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	45	6	—
MSV Duisburg II	2008–09	NRW-Liga	2	1	–		—		—		2	1
	2009–10	NRW-Liga	6	4	–		—		—		6	4
	Total		8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	—
VfL Osnabrück	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	31	7	1	0	—		1^[a]	0	33	7	^[9]
Wacker Burghausen	2011–12	3. Liga	31	8	—		—		—		31	8	^[12]
SV Sandhausen	2012–13	2. Bundesliga	14	1	1	0	—		—		15	1	^[13]
	2013–14		25	9	0	0	—		—		25	9	^[14]
	2014–15		17	2	0	0	—		—		17	2	^[15]
	Total		56	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	57	12	—
Erzgebirge Aue	2015–16	3. Liga	33	6	2	0	—		—		35	6	^[16]
	2016–17	2. Bundesliga	25	4	1	0	—		—		26	4	^[9]
	Total		58	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	61	10	—
Lokomotive Leipzig	2018–19	Regionalliga Nordost	21	2	0	0	—		—		21	2	^[9]
Career total			374	88	11	1	3	0	1	0	388	89	—

^ Appearance in relegation play-offs

References

^ "MSV Duisburg und Adler lösen Vertrag" (in German). MSV Duisburg. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
^ "VfL verpflichtet Mamadou Diabang & Nicky Adler" (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
^ "Wolf bleibt bis Saisonende Trainer bei Lok Leipzig". rtl.de (in German). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "DANKE, NICKY ADLER!". 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (in German). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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