Alexander Bittroff

Energie Cottbus

Bittroff was born in Lauchhammer and attended Lausitzer Sportschule Cottbus. Bittroff joined Energie Cottbus' youth team in 2002, having also played youth football for VfB Senftenberg and FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg. He signed his first professional contract, valid for two years, in May 2008 and first joined the first team for a pre-season training camp later that summer, having made 21 appearances for Energie Cottbus II in the previous season. He played 26 times for Energie II during the 2008–09 season. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 9 August 2009, where he scored and provided an assist in a 3–1 win over FC Augsburg in the club's opening game of the season. He was called up to the Germany national under-21 team in November 2009, after other players pulled out through injury, though he was an unused substitute in their matches against Northern Ireland and San Marino. In December 2009, he signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the club, having played 16 times for the first team in the opening half of the 2009–10 season. He suffered a knee injury in January 2010, which limited his game time in the second-half of the season, and he finished the season having made 22 appearances. Bittroff lost his starting spot in the Cottbus side at the start of the 2010–11 season, with manager Claus-Dieter Wollitz claiming that Bittroff needed to "work his way out of his self-pity" (German: aus seiner Selbstbemitleidung herausfindet) to regain his place…

As of end of 2024–25 season

Bittroff became a father in October 2022 after his wife Anne gave birth to a boy.