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Kirsten the regular first-choice keeper of Dynamo Dresden. With his persuasive performances Kirsten had a major part in that Dynamo reached the third place at the end of the season and after beating
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667:""Lebenstraum geht zu Ende": Dynamo plant ohne Kirsten"
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380:In July 2006, Kirsten was promoted to the
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740:(in German). Sportbuzzer. Archived from
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776:"Prominente Väter, talentierte Kinder"
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517:. He was trained as a
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