Herbert Paul

Herbert Paul (born 11 February 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bayernliga Nord club FC Ingolstadt 04 II. Club career Paul began his career in the youth system of FC Ingolstadt 04 before moving to the Greuther Fürth academy in the summer of 2010. After making his debut for Fürth's reserve team in senior competition, he transferred to the reserve team of Bayern Munich in the summer of 2014, playing in the Regionalliga Bayern. Following the end of his contract with Bayern Munich, Paul was without a club for almost a year until joining 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in the same league in the summer of 2016. After two seasons with Schweinfurt, he signed with 1860 Munich in the 3. Liga in the summer of 2018, where he made his professional debut on the first day of the season in a match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Paul made 55 appearances in the 3. Liga over two seasons with 1860 Munich before leaving the club at the end of the 2019–20 season. He then signed a contract with SK Austria Klagenfurt, a second-division team in Austria, in October 2020. He played 15 matches for Klagenfurt in the 2020–21 season, helping the team gain promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga. He appeared in 11 matches in the top tier of Austrian football before suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in December 2021, which sidelined him for the rest of the season. Paul left Klagenfurt after the 2021–22 season.