Carsten Linke

During the 1990s, Linke played in the 2. Bundesliga for clubs VfB Oldenburg and FC 08 Homburg. After Homburg was relegated to the Regionalliga West/Südwest, he moved to 1. FC Saarbrücken in 1995, which had also been relegated due to license withdrawal. After just six months he switched to Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga in the winter, where he rose to become a role model. In 1998, after relegation (1996), he and the team managed to get promoted from the regional league to the 2nd Bundesliga and in 2002 to the 1. Bundesliga.