Fabian Schönheim

After spending the first part of his youth career with local side Rehborn, Schönheim signed for Kaiserslautern and played in their youth team for a further four years. He then, in 2005, began in the first team aged 18. He went on to make nearly 50 league appearances for the club and the reserves. He was at the club when they were relegated from the Bundesliga in the 2005–06 season.

SV Wehen Wiesbaden

He joined newly relegated 3. Liga side Wehen Wiesbaden. He played a big role at the club for two seasons, played in 74 league games and scored 4 times.

Mainz 05

The defender then moved to 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 2011 but struggled to break into the first team and only played ten games for the reserve side.

Union Berlin

The following season Schönheim joined 2. Bundesliga outfit Union Berlin. He has been involved in many unsuccessful promotion pushes since joining and has now played more than 100 games for the club. He has also spent the majority of his professional career at Union and scored 5 goals.

Schönheim made six appearances at U-19 level for Germany. He also played ten times at U-21 level.