Marco Höger
 Marco Höger with Schalke 04 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Marco Höger | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1989 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Cologne, West Germany | ||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Right back | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1994–2001 | TuS Höhenhaus | ||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Alemannia Aachen | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps†| (Gls)†| ||||||
| 2008–2011 | Alemannia Aachen II | 39 | (7) | ||||||
| 2009–2011 | Alemannia Aachen | 43 | (7) | ||||||
| 2011– | Schalke 04 | 80 | (7) | ||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2015. †Appearances (Goals). | |||||||||
Marco Höger (born 16 September 1989 in Cologne) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right back for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.
Career
Alemannia Aachen
Höger began his career in 2005 in Alemannia Aachen's youth academy.[1] In summer 2008, he was promoted to the reserve team where he earned his first senior cap on 17 August 2008 against TSV Germania Windeck in the NRW-Liga.[2] He made his professional debut for Alemannia Aachen in the 2. Bundesliga on 6 March 2010 against FC Energie Cottbus[3] and signed his first professional contract with Alemannia on 26 May 2010.[4]
Schalke 04
On 9 June 2011, FC Schalke 04 confirmed that Höger signed a 3-year professional contract with them until 30 June 2014.[5] The transfer fee is reported as undisclosed by Schalke's sport and communications manager Horst Heldt.[5] Marco Höger was assigned a number 12 shirt, previously worn by Peer Kluge.[5]
On 8 January 2013, Schalke announced that Höger signed a two-year professional contract extension to 30 June 2016.[5]
Honours
Club
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | |||||||
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| Club | League | Season | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
| Alemannia Aachen | 2. Bundesliga | 2009–10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | [6] |
| 2010–11 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |||
| Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 2011–12 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| Last updated: 8 April 2015 | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Stieber kommt, Höger wird Profi" (in German). az-web.de. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Höger, Marco" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Petersen bringt Cottbus auf die Siegerstraße" (in German). kicker.de. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Zoltán Stieber wird ein Schwarz-Gelber" (in German). Alemannia Aachen. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Marco Höger signs extension to stay at Schalke through 2016". SB Nation. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Marco Höger profile at Soccerway
External links
- Marco Höger at fussballdaten.de (German)
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