Marcel Schmelzer

Marcel Schmelzer

Schmelzer playing for Germany in 2011.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 24)
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	101	(1)
National team‡
2009–2010	Germany U21	11	(0)
2010–	Germany	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:02, 28 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:05, 26 May 2012 (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.

The following season, Schmelzer, who missed the beginning of the Bundesliga due to injury, enjoyed yet another trophy as he helped Dortmund win another Bundesliga titles.^[3] In addition to being the left back for the team for the entire season, Schmelzer also helped Dortmund secure their first ever DFB Cup with a 5-2 win against Bayern Munich, making it 3 titles in 2 years.

International career

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

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga: 2

2010–11, 2011–12

• DFB-Pokal: 1

2011–12

Country

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1

2009

References

External links

• Borussia Dortmund profile (German)
• Marcel Schmelzer at fussballdaten.de (German)
• Marcel Schmelzer at transfermarkt.de (German)
• Marcel Schmelzer – UEFA competition record
• Marcel Schmelzer at National-Football-Teams.com
• Marcel Schmelzer career stats at Soccerbase
• ESPN Soccernet profile

v t e Germany squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (1st Title) 1 Neuer 2 Beck 3 Boenisch 4 Höwedes 5 Boateng 6 Aogo 7 Ebert 8 Khedira 9 Dejagah 10 Özil 11 Marin 12 Fromlowitz 13 Wagner 14 Johnson 15 Hummels 16 Schwaab 17 Grote 18 Adlung 19 Ben-Hatira 20 Castro 21 Schmelzer 22 Ede 23 Sippel Coach: Hrubesch