Dennis Daube

FC St. Pauli

Daube was born in the Bergedorf neighbourhood of Hamburg. After playing youth football for SV Nettelnburg–Allermöhe, he joined FC St. Pauli's academy. Daube made his first-team debut as a 78th minute substitute in a 2–0 2. Bundesliga defeat to 1. FC Nürnberg on 19 April 2009, and made two further appearances that season. Daube made 9 league appearances during the first half of the 2009–10 season, but fell out of favour before injury problems ruled him out for the rest of a season in which St. Pauli were promoted to the Bundesliga. He made his Bundesliga debut as a 42nd-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat at FC Schalke 04 on 6 November 2010, but after making his first Bundesliga start in the following match against Bayer Leverkusen, he suffered a foot injury in training. He returned to training in January 2011, and made a further 11 Bundesliga appearances as St. Pauli finished bottom of the league and were relegated. During pre-season for the 2011–12 season, Daube suffered a knee injury during a training camp in Schneverdingen in June 2011, but returned to training the following month. He scored his first St. Pauli goal on 5 November 2011 in a 2–2 draw against Greuther Fürth, and on 6 December 2011, Daube signed a new contract, valid until summer 2014. He ended the season with 27 league appearances, and scored once in 26 league matches across the 2012–13 season. Daube suffered a knee injury in June 2013, and again in late July, before returning to fitness…

Throughout his career, Daube was a versatile midfielder, having been described as a "midfield all-rounder" whilst Uerdingen manager Daniel Steuernagel described Daube as "hard to dispossess, a capable passer, responsible in possession and he runs a lot" ("Er ist ballsicher, passfest, hat ein hohes Verantwortungsbewusstsein bei Ballbesitz und läuft viel").