Daniel Engelbrecht

Daniel Engelbrecht
Personal information
Full name Daniel Engelbrecht
Date of birth (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1996–2002 SV Grün-Weiss Brauweiler
2002–2004 SC Köln Weiler-Volkhoven
2004–2008 Bedburger BV
2008–2009 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Alemannia Aachen II 73 (48)
2012–2013 VfL Bochum II 18 (9)
2012–2013 VfL Bochum 1 (0)
2013 → Stuttgarter Kickers (loan) 14 (1)
2013–2016 Stuttgarter Kickers 24 (3)
2015 Stuttgarter Kickers II 4 (2)
2016 Alemannia Aachen 13 (5)
2016–2017 TSV Steinbach 14 (5)
2017–2018 Rot-Weiss Essen 0 (0)
Total 161 (73)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Engelbrecht (born 5 November 1990) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a forward.[1][2][3]

Club career

On 20 July 2013, while playing his second game of the 2014–15 season for the Stuttgarter Kickers against Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Engelbrecht suddenly collapsed on the pitch due to a sudden heart attack. He was later diagnosed with myocarditis and chronic heart rhythm disorders. After four operations to the heart, including one where a defibrillator was implanted and a waiting period of 17 months, Engelbrecht returned to the pitch on 15 November 2014.[4] He is the first professional football player to play with an implanted defibrillator in Germany.[5] On 6 December 2014, Daniel Engelbrecht shot the winning goal against SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the 91st minute,[6] thereby becoming the only professional footballer to score a goal with such a handicap.[7]

Following the recurrence of his heart problems, Engelbrecht announced that he would interrupt his career on doctor's recommendation, and that he would focus on becoming a coach.[8] This interruption turned into permanent retirement in 2018, when it became known that Engelbrecht's defibrillator had already brought him back to life on three occasions.[9][10]

Managerial career

On 1 July 2019, Engelbrecht was announced as the new head of VfL Bochum's youth talent scouting division.[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alemannia Aachen II 2009–10 NRW-Liga 27 13 — 27 13
2010–11 30 21 — 30 21
2011–12 16 14 — 16 14
Total 73 48 0 0 73 48
VfL Bochum II 2012–13[12] Regionalliga West 18 9 — 18 9
VfL Bochum 2012–13[12] 2. Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 2 0
Stuttgarter Kickers (loan) 2012–13[12] 3. Liga 14 1 — 14 1
Stuttgarter Kickers 2013–14[12] 3. Liga 2 0 — 2 0
2014–15[12] 19 3 — 19 3
2015–16[12] 3 0 — 3 0
Total 24 3 0 0 24 3
Stuttgarter Kickers II 2015–16[12] Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 4 2 — 4 2
Alemannia Aachen 2015–16[12] Regionalliga West 13 5 — 13 5
TSV Steinbach 2016–17[12] Regionalliga Südwest 14 5 — 14 5
Rot-Weiss Essen 2017–18[12] Regionalliga West 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 161 73 1 0 162 73

References

  1. ^ Brausch, Christian (25 October 2017). "Herzprobleme: RWE-Spieler Engelbrecht nimmt Fußball-Auszeit". www.derwesten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Daniel Engelbrecht" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Engelbrecht, Daniel" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Pokalaus in Ravensburg" (in German). Stuttgarter Kickers. 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  5. ^ ""Ich wurde bei Bewusstsein mit 830 Volt geschockt"" (in German). Die Welt. 25 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Engelbrecht macht mit einem "unglaublichen Moment" alle glücklich" (in German). Stuttgarter Kickers. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  7. ^ Stolterfoht, Peter (6 February 2015). "Daniel Engelbrecht von den Stuttgarter Kickers – Herz und Seele erholen sich" (in German). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Defi-Profi Engelbrecht: Auszeit vom Fußball". www.fussball.de (in German). 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Interview mit Daniel Engelbrecht: Herzprobleme? "Man kann es gar nicht genug dramatisieren"" (in German). kicker. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  10. ^ Osmanovic, Nedim (21 February 2019). "Herztod im Sport: Wieso passiert das so häufig?" (in German). Der Standard. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  11. ^ "VfL Bochum: Engelbrecht wird Scouting-Leiter im Talentwerk" (in German). WAZ. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Daniel Engelbrecht » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 January 2022.