Schmelzer with Borussia Dortmund in 2011 |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 January 1988 | ||
| 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 | 79 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010– | Germany | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:42, 23 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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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]
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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.
Schmelzer was called by the U21 team for the 2009 European Championship, being used regularly, albeit not as a starter; he played the final five minutes in the final, a 4–0 success against England.
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