Marcel Heller

Marcel Heller
Heller in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-12) 12 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Frechen, West Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 SV Straelen
Number 11
Youth career
1992–2004 1. FC Quadrath-Ichendorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Bonner SC 2 (1)
2005–2006 Alemannia Aachen II 5 (3)
2006 Sportfreunde Siegen 20 (8)
2007–2011 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 (2)
2007–2011 Eintracht Frankfurt II 40 (10)
2008–2009 → MSV Duisburg (loan) 18 (1)
2011–2012 Dynamo Dresden 15 (0)
2012–2013 Alemannia Aachen 37 (3)
2013–2017 SV Darmstadt 98 135 (14)
2017–2018 FC Augsburg 24 (0)
2018–2020 Darmstadt 98 58 (6)
2020–2021 SC Paderborn 07 7 (0)
2022 FSV Frankfurt 12 (1)
2022– SV Straelen 9 (0)
International career
2007–2009 Germany U21 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022

Marcel Heller (born 12 February 1986) is a German footballer who plays as a winger for SV Straelen.[1]

Career

Early career

In 2006, Heller signed with Regionalliga Süd club Sportfreunde Siegen for its 2006–07 campaign, joining from the Alemannia Aachen reserves. He immediately earned a regular spot and drew attraction in a DFB-Pokal match against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Eintracht Frankfurt and loan

Eintracht Frankfurt signed Heller in November 2006.[2] He debuted for the eagles coming on as a substitute on 27 January 2007 against Schalke 04.[3] He scored his first Bundesliga goal in an away fixture at Bielefeld on 14 April 2007.

In the 2007–08 campaign, Heller had many injury problems and played only four matches for the first team.

In August 2008, a season long loan deal was confirmed with MSV Duisburg who had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.[4]

After the loan, Heller stayed with Eintracht Frankfurt for another two seasons.

Dynamo Dresden

Heller signed with Dynamo Dresden for the 2011–12 season who had earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga the previous season.

Alemannia Aachen

In 2012, Heller joined Alemannia Aachen in the 3. Liga on a two-year deal[5] which was terminated after the first season due to Aachen getting relegated.

Darmstadt 98

After the termination of his contract, he signed within the league for SV Darmstadt 98.[6] With The Lilies Heller managed to go through 2 consecutive promotions ending up in the Bundesliga.

FC Augsburg

In June 2017, Heller signed with FC Augsburg on a free transfer agreeing to a two-year contract.[7][8]

Return to Darmstadt 98

On 28 July 2018, Darmstadt 98 announced that Heller would return to the club on a two-year contract.[9]

References

  1. ^ Marcel Heller at kicker (in German)
  2. ^ "Frankfurt verpflichtet Talent Marcel Heller". RevierSport (in German). 1 November 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  4. ^ "Marcel Heller kommt aus Frankfurt". RP Online (in German). 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Alemannia verpflichtet Marcel Heller" (in German). Alemannia Aachen. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ^ "SV Darmstadt 98 verpflichtet Marcel Heller" (in German). liga3.de. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Heller: Mit Tempo zum FCA". kicker Online (in German). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ^ "FC Augsburg sign Marcel Heller". fcaugsburg.de. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Heller kehrt nach Darmstadt zurück". SV Darmstadt 98. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.