Marcel Schäfer

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Marcel Schäfer
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Aschaffenburg, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
VfL Wolfsburg
Number 4
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– VfL Wolfsburg 150 (10)
National team
2005 Germany Team 2006 1 (0)
2008–2010 Germany 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:01, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:01, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

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

Career[change | change source]

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 Bundesliga season 2003-04, 1860 Munich was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. Schäfer played three more years for Munich.

In 2007 he went back to the Bundesliga and came to V.f.L. 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.

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