Marcel Schmelzer
.jpg) Schmelzer playing for Germany in 2011. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcel Schmelzer | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Magdeburg, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2001 | Fortuna Magdeburg | ||
| 2001–2005 | FC Magdeburg | ||
| 2005–2007 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Borussia Dortmund II | 37 | (0) |
| 2008– | Borussia Dortmund | 120 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010– | Germany | 11 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 8 February 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:44, 26 March 2013 (UTC) | |||
Marcel Schmelzer (born 22 January 1988) is a German footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund as a left back. He has been capped by Germany at international level.[1]
Club career
Schmelzer was born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. He started his professional career with Borussia Dortmund, making his first appearance on 9 August 2008, in the German Cup first-round match against Rot-Weiss Essen.[2] His first league appearance came in the following week, as he played the final twenty minutes of a 3–2 win at Bayer Leverkusen. Schmelzer had his best season for Borussia Dortmund in the 2010–11 season, where he managed to play every minute of the season for the team who went on to win the Bundesliga that year.
The following season, Schmelzer, who missed the beginning of the Bundesliga due to injury, enjoyed yet another trophy as he helped Dortmund win another Bundesliga titles.[3] In addition to being the left back for the team for the entire season, Schmelzer also helped Dortmund secure the DFB Pokal with a 5–2 win against Bayern Munich, making it 3 titles in 2 years.
On 11 January 2013, Schmelzer extended his contract with Borussia, which will keep him at the club until 2017.[4]
International career
Schmelzer was called by the U21 team for the 2009 European Championship, being used regularly, although not as a starter, he played the final five minutes in the final, a 4–0 success against England.
Honours
Club
- Borussia Dortmund
- Bundesliga: 2
- DFB-Pokal: 1
Country
Club Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2008–09 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 2 | |
| Total | 120 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 153 | 3 | |
References
- ^ "Marcel Schmelzer". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Valdez vollendet Arbeitssieg". kicker.de (in German). 9 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ^ "Löw: "My compliments go to Jürgen Klopp"" (in German). bundesliga.de. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "BVB extend contract of Marcel Schmelzer until 2017". Borussia Dortmund Official Website. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
External links
- Borussia Dortmund profile Template:De icon
- Marcel Schmelzer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Marcel Schmelzer at transfermarkt.de Template:De icon
- Marcel Schmelzer – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Marcel Schmelzer at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marcel Schmelzer at Soccerbase
- ESPN Soccernet profile
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