Marc Pfertzel

Marc Pfertzel
Personal information
Full name	Marc Pfertzel
Date of birth	21 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Mulhouse, France
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right Winger, Right Wingback
Youth career
1995–1999	Mulhouse
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	FC Basel
2001	Sochaux
2001–2002	Troyes
2002–2003	Sète
2003–2007	Livorno
2007–2010	VfL Bochum
2009–2010	→ VfL Bochum II
2011	Kavala F.C.
2011–2014	Union Berlin
2014–2015	SV Sandhausen
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2015

Marc Pfertzel (born 21 May 1981 in Mulhouse) is a retired French football defender/midfielder. He has also been known to have played as left and right sweeper and on the right midfield.

Career

France

Pfertzel started his career in the youth team of his local club FC Mulhouse in Alsace.

In 2001–02, Pfertzel moved to Ligue 1 club ES Troyes AC, but played onlyfor the reserve team.^{[citation needed]} So he decided to leave the club after only one season and moved Championnat National club FC Sète 34. In the 2002–03 season, he played 36 matches for the club from Southern France.

Livorno

Again he stayed only for one season at a club. In July 2003, Pfertzel moved to Italian Serie B club AS Livorno. The club was promoted in his first season into the Serie A and Pfertzel played 84 matches in that league. The highlight of his AS Livorno period was the qualification to the UEFA Cup in the 2006–07 season. Since Juventus F.C., S.S. Lazio and ACF Fiorentina were punished because of the 2006 Serie A scandal, Livorno climbed from the ninth to the sixth spot and was allowed to play in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Livorno did quite well and was eliminated in the round of the last 32 by later finalist Espanyol Barcelona.

VfL Bochum

In the summer of 2007, Pfertzel moved to German Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. He signed a four-year contract which was valid in the first and second Bundesliga. To make this transfer happening, Pfertzel even accepted a lower salary so that this money could be invested in the transfer fee.^{[citation needed]}

Union Berlin

On 25 May 2011, it was announced that Pfertzel had secured a free transfer to German 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Union Berlin on a two-year deal.

SV Sandhausen

In July 2014, Pfertzel left Union Berlin and joined fellow 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen. However, he only earned caps in the first leg of the campaign, being told to be redundant by head coach Alois Schwartz in the winter break. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Pfertzel retired from professional football.^[3]

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Switzerland			League		Schweizer Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1999–00	FC Basel	Nationalliga A					–
2000–01	FC Basel	Nationalliga A					–
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
2000–01	FC Sochaux	Division 2							–
2001–02	Troyes AC	Division 1
2002–03	FC Sète 34	Division 3	36	4					–
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
2003–04	AS Livorno	Serie B	20	0			–		–
2004–05		Serie A	26	0			–		–
2005–06			29	2			–		–
2006–07			30	2			–		7	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Other		Europe		Total
2007–08	VfL Bochum	Bundesliga	28	0	1	0	–		–		29	0
2008–09			27	2	2	1	–		–		29	3
2009–10			18	0	2	0	–		–		20	0
2009–10	VfL Bochum II	Regionalliga West	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
2010–11	VfL Bochum	2. Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
Greece			League		Greek Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2010–11	Kavala F.C.	Superleague	1	1	0	0	–		–		0	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Other		Europe		Total
2011–12	1. FC Union Berlin	2. Bundesliga	29	1	1	0	–		–		30	1
2012–13	1. FC Union Berlin	2. Bundesliga	24	1	2	0	–		–		26	1
Total	Switzerland						0	0
	France
	Italy		105	4					7	0
	Germany		131	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	140	5
	Greece		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total

Personal life

Upon his retirement from professional football in 2015, he moved back to his native France, settling in Paris. There he works for an insurance company, specializing in serving athletes.^[3]

References

^ "SAISON 2001-2002" (in French). Troyes AC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Pfertzel, Marc" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Marc Pfertzel : "Ich vermisse die Eisernen"" (in German). berliner-kurier.de. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Marc Pfertzel at Soccerway
Marc Pfertzel at Gazzetta.it Template:It icon
Marc Pfertzel – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Fan Page

[1] "SAISON 2001-2002" (in French). Troyes AC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Pfertzel, Marc" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[retirement-3] "Marc Pfertzel : "Ich vermisse die Eisernen"" (in German). berliner-kurier.de. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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