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Thomas Kraft

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Born
1988 (36 years old)

Birth Place

Kirchen, Germany

Position
Goalkeeper

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White

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Height
187 cm

Weight
77 kg

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35007943

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Soccer

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_Retired Soccer

2nd Team

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_No League Soccer

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Thomas Kraft (born 22 July 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Kraft made one appearance each for Germany U16, coming against Belgium U16 on 26 May 2004. In an interview with Berliner Morgenpost, Kraft hoped he would earn a call up from the senior team one day, but it never happened.

When asked about his career path in an interview with Merkur, Kraft said: "I don't play football just to be second or third goalkeeper somewhere - and I don't want to get lost in the second or third division either. I want to become number 1 in a Bundesliga club as soon as possible. This year I want to show myself even more - maybe I can offer myself here for the next few years." He also idolised Oliver Kahn and his own father, saying: "When I was little he was having his really big time. You take a special look there. But in principle that stopped later, then you look in general at all goalkeepers to see where you can get something. There is no longer one big role model to look up to or something."

Kraft revealed that his father's death when he was fifteen made him more responsible at an "early young age". Kraft is married to wife Denise and they lived together with their two dogs. In March 2014, Kraft became a first time father when Denise gave birth to a baby boy, Mateo and this resulted in him missing a match against Schalke 04 on 28 March 2014. After returning to the first team in a 1–1 draw against Hoffenheim on 6 April 2014, he dedicated his performance to his son.

Outside of football, Kraft is a supporter of Christian Democratic Union of Germany. He also have a passion of cars and enjoys watching Formula 1.