Denny Herzig

Denny Herzig
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-11-13) 13 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Pößneck, East Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1993–1995 SV Sparneck
1995–1996 FC Bayern Hof
1996–2001 Carl Zeiss Jena
2001–2002 Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Blackpool 0 (0)
2004–2006 Wacker Burghausen 3 (0)
2004–2006 Wacker Burghausen II 16 (1)
2006–2009 SV Elversberg 78 (8)
2006–2009 SV Elversberg II 1 (0)
2009–2010 Rot-Weiß Essen 33 (1)
2010–2011 Dynamo Dresden 17 (0)
2010–2011 Dynamo Dresden II 6 (0)
2011–2012 Eintracht Trier 32 (3)
2012–2013 Bayer Leverkusen II 19 (1)
2014 Víkingur Ólafsvík 3 (0)
2015 SV Seligenporten 12 (1)
2015–2018 FC Pipinsried 74 (8)
Total 292 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denny Herzig (born 13 November 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Career

Having played as a youth for SV Sparneck, FC Bayern Hof and Carl Zeiss Jena, Herzig moved to England aged 16, joining Wimbledon along with his older brother Nico.[2] After a year in the Dons' youth system, he moved north, signing for Blackpool,[2][3] but he was unable to break into the first team, and in 2004 he returned to Germany, reuniting with his brother at SV Wacker Burghausen.[2]

Burghausen were in the 2. Bundesliga, and Herzig made his professional debut in October 2004, replacing Macchambes Younga-Mouhani in a 2–0 victory over SpVgg Unterhaching.[4] This was his only appearance of the season, and after two more appearances the following year, he was released in June 2006. He spent three years playing for SV Elversberg in the Regionalliga Süd,[5] before joining Rot-Weiss Essen in 2009.[6] He served as club captain, but left the club after one season, as the club declared insolvency and were forced to withdraw from the Regionalliga West.[7]

In 2010, Herzig joined Dynamo Dresden of the 3. Liga.[8] He made seventeen appearances in the 2010–11 season as the club earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga,[9] but he was released at the end of the season and signed for Eintracht Trier in July 2011.[1] Again he was released after one season, and spent three months without a club before signing for Bayer Leverkusen II in October 2012.[2] He was released by Leverkusen at the end of the 2012–13 season. He then had a short stint in Iceland with Víkingur Ólafsvík in 2014,[10] before returning to Germany to play for SV Seligenporten in 2015.[2] He ended his career with FC Pipinsried where he played between 2015 and 2018.[11]

Personal life

Herzig's older brother, Nico, was also a professional footballer.[2]

In 2015, while playing football on amateur level, Herzig became a police officer with the Munich Police Department.[12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13]
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wacker Burghausen 2004–05 2. Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 — 2 0
Wacker Burghausen II 2005–06 Oberliga Bayern 16 1 — 16 1
SV Elversberg 2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 26 0 — 26 0
2007–08 Regionalliga Süd 23 0 — 23 0
2008–09 Regionalliga West 29 8 — 29 8
Total 78 8 — 78 8
SV Elversberg II 2008–09 Oberliga Südwest 1 0 — 1 0
Rot-Weiss Essen 2009–10 Regionalliga West 33 1 — 2[a] 0 35 1
Dynamo Dresden 2010–11 3. Liga 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Dynamo Dresden II 2010–11 NOFV-Oberliga Süd 6 0 — 6 0
Eintracht Trier 2011–12 Regionalliga West 32 3 2 0 — 34 3
Bayer Leverkusen II 2012–13 Regionalliga West 19 1 — 19 1
Víkingur Ólafsvík 2014 1. deild karla 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
SV Seligenporten 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 12 1 — 12 1
FC Pipinsried 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd 33 3 — 33 3
2016–17 Bayernliga Süd 21 2 — 2[b] 0 23 2
2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern 20 3 — 0 0 20 3
Total 74 8 — 2 0 76 8
Career total 296 23 3 0 4 0 303 23
  1. ^ Appearances in Lower Rhine Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Regionalliga promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b "SVE: Hauswald & Herzig haben unterschrieben - Heute 20 Uhr Testspiel". 5vier.de (in German). 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Buschmann, Heiko (20 June 2018). "Herzig: Wimbledon ohne Erdbeeren und Sahne". Fussball.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Cool Seasiders put knife into Stanley". Lancashire Telegraph. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ^ "SV Wacker Burghausen – SpVgg Unterhaching, 2:0, 2. Bundesliga 2004/05 10. Spieltag". DFB Datencenter (in German). Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ Lehmann, Heiko (7 November 2008). "Der Traum der Gebrüder Herzig". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. ^ ""RWE war eine meiner schönsten Stationen!" - Rot-Weiss Essen". Rot-Weiss Essen (in German). 28 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ^ Dalan, Marco (28 July 2010). "Fussball: Rot-Weiss Essen sucht nach seiner Chance". DIE WELT (in German). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ Koch, Julian (22 July 2010). "Dynamo Dresden verstärkt sich mit Denny Herzig". Liga3-Online (in German). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Denny Herzig | Dynamo Dresden | 3. Liga | 2010/11 | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Víkingur Ó. fær mann úr varaliði Leverkusen (Staðfest)". Fótbolti (in Icelandic). 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  11. ^ Kramer, Horst; Walther, Herbert (11 July 2015). "Aichacher Zeitung | FCP holt Ex-Profi Denny Herzig". Aichacher-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Ex-Kicker bei Münchner Polizei". tz (in German). 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Denny Herzig | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2022.