Marcel Schmelzer
Schmelzer with Borussia Dortmund in 2014
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| Full name | Marcel Schmelzer | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Magdeburg, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
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Current team
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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 | 217 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Germany | 16 | (0) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:05, 25 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014 |
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Marcel Schmelzer (German pronunciation: [ˈmaːʀˌsɛl ˈʃmɛlˈzɐ]; born 22 January 1988) is a German footballer who plays for and captains German club Borussia Dortmund as a left back. He has been capped by Germany at international level.
Schmelzer was born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. He 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. 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 title. In addition to being the left back for the team for the entire season, Schmelzer also helped Dortmund secure the DFB Pokal with a 5–2 win against Bayern Munich, making it 3 titles in 2 years.
On 11 January 2013, Schmelzer extended his contract with Borussia, which will keep him at the club until 2017.
On 27 July 2013, Schmelzer won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich.
On 25 April 2016, Marcel Schmelzer yet again extended his contract with BVB. He agreed on a five-year deal which will keep him with the black and yellows through 2021.
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