Dennis Buschening

Thai-German footballer

Dennis Buschening
Buschening in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33)
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)
2013Police 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

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.

Club career

Buschening 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

Buschening was born in Esslingen am Neckar to a Thai mother and German father.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 March 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

  1. ^ "Thailand-Star Buschening zurück in Rhynern". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Offensivspieler aus Hamm wechselt in Thailands erste Liga". www.wa.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Neuer Job in Malaysia - Dennis Buschening ist Hoffnungsträger im Abstiegskampf". www.wa.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ ‘เดนนิส บุสเชนิ่ง’ ประเดิมยิงตุงแรกในลีกมาเลย์ แต่ทีมยังผลงานแย่

External links

  • Dennis Buschening at Soccerway
  • Dennis Buschening on Instagram


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