Marcel Heller (born 12 February 1986) is a German footballer who plays as a winger for SV Straelen.[1]
Heller in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1986-02-12) 12 February 1986 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Frechen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SV Straelen | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–2004 | 1. FC Quadrath-Ichendorf | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Bonner SC | 2 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Alemannia Aachen II | 5 | (3) |
| 2006 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 20 | (8) |
| 2007–2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | (2) |
| 2007–2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 40 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | → MSV Duisburg (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Dynamo Dresden | 15 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Alemannia Aachen | 37 | (3) |
| 2013–2017 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 135 | (14) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Augsburg | 24 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Darmstadt 98 | 58 | (6) |
| 2020–2021 | SC Paderborn 07 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022 | FSV Frankfurt | 12 | (1) |
| 2022– | SV Straelen | 9 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Germany U21 | 10 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022 | |||
In 2006, Heller signed with Regionalliga Süd club Sportfreunde Siegen for its 2006–07 campaign, joining from the Alemannia Aachen reserves. He immediately earned a regular spot and drew attraction in a DFB-Pokal match against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Eintracht Frankfurt signed Heller in November 2006.[2] He debuted for the eagles coming on as a substitute on 27 January 2007 against Schalke 04.[3] He scored his first Bundesliga goal in an away fixture at Bielefeld on 14 April 2007.
In the 2007–08 campaign, Heller had many injury problems and played only four matches for the first team.
In August 2008, a season long loan deal was confirmed with MSV Duisburg who had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.[4]
After the loan, Heller stayed with Eintracht Frankfurt for another two seasons.
Heller signed with Dynamo Dresden for the 2011–12 season who had earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga the previous season.
In 2012, Heller joined Alemannia Aachen in the 3. Liga on a two-year deal[5] which was terminated after the first season due to Aachen getting relegated.
After the termination of his contract, he signed within the league for SV Darmstadt 98.[6] With The Lilies Heller managed to go through 2 consecutive promotions ending up in the Bundesliga.
In June 2017, Heller signed with FC Augsburg on a free transfer agreeing to a two-year contract.[7][8]
On 28 July 2018, Darmstadt 98 announced that Heller would return to the club on a two-year contract.[9]