Alexander Esswein

Esswein made his debut in the 2007–08 season. He appeared in a league match during the season. He came on in the 63rd minute in a 2–1 loss to 1. FC Köln on 17 December 2007. He then transferred to VfL Wolfsburg and split time between the first and second teams. He made four league appearances during the 2008–09 season and four league appearances and a German Cup appearance in the 2009–10 season. He substantially made more appearances for the reserve team. During the 2008–09 season, he made 21 appearances, and during the 2009–10 season, he scored four goals in 20 appearances. Esswein moved to Dynamo Dresden for the 2010–11 season. During the season, he scored 17 goals in 31 league appearances. This includes two goals against Bayern's reserve team, in a 3–1 win on 11 November 2010; Wehen Wiesbaden, in a 3–0 win, on 5 March 2011; and against SpVgg Unterhaching, in a 4–0 win, on 23 April 2011. He also made two appearances in the promotion playoff. This proved to be Esswein's only season at the club. He transferred to 1. FC Nürnberg for the 2011–12 season. During the 2011–12 season, he scored four goals in 26 league appearances and a goal in three German Cup appearances. His four league goals came against FC Augsburg, in a 1–0 win, on 27 August 2011; Hertha BSC, in a 2–0 win, on 21 January 2012; Köln, in a 2–1 win, on 18 February 2012; and Werder Bremen, in a 1–0 win, on 25 February 2012. His German Cup goal came in the second round against Erzgebirge Aue in a 2–1 win on 26…

Esswein played for the German U-21 national team. Previously he had already played for the U-17, U-18, U-18, U-19 and U-20 national team. He was part of the German U-17 team that finished in third place in the 2007 U-17 World Cup in South Korea. In this tournament, Esswein scored two goals against Trinidad and Tobago in the group-stage and scored the winning goal in the third place playoff against Ghana two minutes into stoppage time.

As of match played 29 November 2025

VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: 2008–09