Played in Germany

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Football dispatches from a patchwork nation.

Played in Germany is a regular, English-language dispatch on German football and what it tells us about the country at large.

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About Kit Holden

Kit Holden is a British-German author and journalist based in Berlin. He has covered German football for over a decade for Der Tagesspiegel, AFP, The Athletic and others. His two books are "Scheisse! We're Going Up!" and "Played in Germany".

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