Marcel Schmelzer

Marcel Schmelzer

Schmelzer with Borussia Dortmund in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	22 January 1988 (1988-01-22) (age 23)
Place of birth	Magdeburg, East Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	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	79	(1)
National team‡
2009–2010	Germany U21	10	(0)
2010–	Germany	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:42, 23 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:00, 6 September 2011 (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 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.

International career

Schmelzer was called by the U21 team for the 2009 European Championship, being used regularly, albeit not as a starter; he played the final five minutes in the final, a 4–0 success against England.

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga: 1

2010–11

Country

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1

2009

References

1. ^ "Marcel Schmelzer". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/players/marcel-schmelzer/39421/. Retrieved 30 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Valdez vollendet Arbeitssieg" (in German). kicker.de. 9 August 2008. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/spielpaarungsbericht/object/865805/saison/2008-09. Retrieved 17 May 2009. 

External links

• Borussia Dortmund profile (German)
• Marcel Schmelzer at fussballdaten.de (German)
• Marcel Schmelzer at transfermarkt.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Schmelzer, Marcel
Alternative names
Short description	German footballer
Date of birth	22 January 1988
Place of birth	Magdeburg, East Germany
Date of death
Place of death