Martin Forkel

Martin Forkel

Personal information
Date of birth	July 22, 1979 (1979-07-22) (age 32)
Place of birth	Coburg, West Germany
Height	1.71m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	1. FC Saarbrücken
Number	5
Youth career
1986-1994	Viktoria DJK Coburg
1994-1995	VfB Coburg
1995-1996	TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996-1999	Greuther Furth	1	(0)
1999-2000	Borussia Fulda
2000-2006	SV Wacker Burghausen	160	(3)
2006-2010	TuS Koblenz	70	(1)
2010-	1. FC Saarbrücken	33	(1)
National team
1998	Germany U-21	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Martin Forkel (born 22 July 1979 in Coburg) is a German soccer defender currently at German Bundesliga 2 team 1. FC Saarbrücken.

Career

Past clubs

Martin Forkel started his career with his local side, Viktoria DJK Coburg. There he remained for eight years, the longest he's ever been at a club. In 1994, Forkel was sold to VfB Coburg, again, in his hometown. He was at VfB for considerably less time than he was at Viktoria for, just the one season in total. After that season, Martin Forkel joined TSV Vestenbergsgreuth where he played for a further season. Then he was signed by Greuther Furth where he spent three years. His most recent club before joining TuS Koblenz was SV Wacker Burghausen.

TuS Koblenz

Since August the 11th, 2006, Forkel has been at German Bundesliga 2 team, TuS Koblenz. In the last season, Forkel scored his only Bundesliga 2 goal and played seventeen matches, making that 111 Bundesliga 2 matches in total.

External links

• TuS Koblenz official site

Persondata
Name	Forkel, Martin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	22 July 1979
Place of birth	Coburg, Germany
Date of death
Place of death