Marcel Schäfer

Marcel Schäfer
Personal information
Full name Marcel Schäfer
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Aschaffenburg, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left wingback
Youth career
1989–1996 SV Eintracht Straßbessenbach
1996–2000 Viktoria Aschaffenburg
2000–2003 1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 1860 Munich 91 (3)
2007–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 256 (13)
2014 VfL Wolfsburg II 2 (1)
2017–2018 Tampa Bay Rowdies 43 (5)
National team‡
2005–2008 Germany B 1 (0)
2008–2010 Germany 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 September 2014

Marcel Schäfer (born 7 June 1984 in Aschaffenburg) is a former German footballer.

Career

Schäfer came to the youth teams of 1860 Munich when he was 16 years old. In 2003 he played his first and only Bundesliga match for Munich. After the 2003–04 Bundesliga season, 1860 Munich was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. Schäfer played for Munich for three more years.

In 2007 he went back to the Bundesliga and came to VfL Wolfsburg. They won their first German Championship in 2009.

Schäfer plays for the German national football team since the year 2008. His first international match was against England on 19 November 2008.

Career statistics

As of 27 February 2015
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Ref.
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
1860 Munich Bundesliga 2003–04 1 0 0 0 — 1 0 [1]
2. Bundesliga 2004–05 27 2 1 0 28 2 [2]
1860 Munich II Regionalliga Süd 2004–05 7 3 — 7 3 [2]
1860 Munich 2. Bundesliga 2005–06 32 1 3 0 35 1 [3]
2006–07 31 0 1 0 32 0 [4]
1860 Munich totals 91 3 5 0 0 0 96 3 —
1860 Munich II totals 7 3 — 7 3 —
VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga 2007–08 29 6 3 0 — 32 6 [5]
2008–09 34 0 4 1 8 0 46 1 [6]
2009–10 32 0 2 0 12 0 46 0 [7]
2010–11 34 0 2 1 — 36 1 [8]
2011–12 34 5 1 0 35 5 [9]
2012–13 31 0 4 0 35 0 [10]
2013–14 21 1 4 1 25 2 [11]
2014–15 16 2 2 0 15 0 [12]
2015–16 21 1 2 0 15 0 [12]
VfL Wolfsburg II Regionalliga Nord 2013–14 2 1 — 2 1 [11]
VfL Wolfsburg totals 223 12 21 3 25 0 268 15 —
VfL Wolfsburg II totals 2 1 — 2 1 —
Career totals 323 19 26 3 25 0 373 22 —

Honours

Club

VfL Wolfsburg

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Schäfer, Marcel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Fußballer des Jahres". NFV (in German). Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

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