{{Short description|German footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marcel Heller | image = Marcel Heller Eintracht Frankfurt 2009.JPG | image_size = 250 | caption = Heller in 2009 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Frechen, West Germany | height = 1.76 m | currentclub = SV Straelen | clubnumber = 11 | position = Winger | youthyears1 = 1992–2004 | youthclubs1 = 1. FC Quadrath-Ichendorf | years1 = 2004–2005 | clubs1 = Bonner SC | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2005–2006 | clubs2 = Alemannia Aachen II | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2006 | clubs3 = Sportfreunde Siegen | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 2007–2011 | clubs4 = Eintracht Frankfurt | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2007–2011 | clubs5 = Eintracht Frankfurt II | caps5 = 40 | goals5 = 10 | years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = → MSV Duisburg (loan) | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2011–2012 | clubs7 = Dynamo Dresden | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2012–2013 | clubs8 = Alemannia Aachen | caps8 = 37 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2013–2017 | clubs9 = SV Darmstadt 98 | caps9 = 135 | goals9 = 14 | years10 = 2017–2018 | clubs10 = FC Augsburg | caps10 = 24 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2018–2020 | clubs11 = Darmstadt 98 | caps11 = 58 | goals11 = 6 | years12 = 2020–2021 | clubs12 = SC Paderborn 07 | caps12 = 7 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2022 | clubs13 = FSV Frankfurt | caps13 = 12 | goals13 = 1 | years14 = 2022– | clubs14 = SV Straelen | caps14 = 9 | goals14 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2007–2009 | nationalteam1 = Germany U21 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | pcupdate = 12 November 2022 }}
'''Marcel Heller''' (born 12 February 1986) is a German footballer who plays as a winger for SV Straelen.<ref>{{Kicker|marcel-heller}}</ref>
==Career==
===Early career=== 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 and loan=== Eintracht Frankfurt signed Heller in November 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Frankfurt verpflichtet Talent Marcel Heller|url=http://www.reviersport.de/11829---frankfurt-verpflichtet-talent-marcel-heller.html|accessdate=28 June 2017|work=RevierSport|date=1 November 2006|language=German}}</ref> He debuted for the ''eagles'' coming on as a substitute on 27 January 2007 against Schalke 04.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com |url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3303.php | accessdate=29 January 2007}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marcel Heller kommt aus Frankfurt|url=http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duisburg/sport/msv/marcel-heller-kommt-aus-frankfurt-aid-1.996167|accessdate=28 June 2017|work=RP Online|date=28 August 2008|language=German}}</ref>
After the loan, Heller stayed with Eintracht Frankfurt for another two seasons.
===Dynamo Dresden=== Heller signed with Dynamo Dresden for the 2011–12 season who had earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga the previous season.
===Alemannia Aachen=== In 2012, Heller joined Alemannia Aachen in the 3. Liga on a two-year deal<ref>{{cite web|title=Alemannia verpflichtet Marcel Heller| language=german|url=http://www.alemannia-aachen.de/aktuelles/nachrichten/details/Alemannia-verpflichtet-Marcel-Heller-21602A/|publisher= Alemannia Aachen |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> which was terminated after the first season due to Aachen getting relegated.
===Darmstadt 98=== After the termination of his contract, he signed within the league for SV Darmstadt 98.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.liga3-online.de/sv-darmstadt-verpflichtet-marcel-heller/ | title = SV Darmstadt 98 verpflichtet Marcel Heller | language = German | publisher = liga3.de | date= 27 June 2013 | accessdate = 16 August 2015}}</ref> With ''The Lilies'' Heller managed to go through 2 consecutive promotions ending up in the Bundesliga.
===FC Augsburg=== In June 2017, Heller signed with FC Augsburg on a free transfer agreeing to a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Heller: Mit Tempo zum FCA|url=https://www.kicker.de/heller_mit-tempo-zum-fca-700554/artikel|access-date=28 June 2017|work=kicker Online|date=28 June 2017|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://fcaugsburg.de/wns/2017/06/28/fc-augsburg-sign-marcel-heller/?lang=en |title=FC Augsburg sign Marcel Heller |publisher=fcaugsburg.de |date=28 June 2017 |accessdate=28 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===Return to Darmstadt 98=== On 28 July 2018, Darmstadt 98 announced that Heller would return to the club on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sv98.de/home/lilien/aktuelles/details/news/heller-kehrt-nach-darmstadt-zurueck/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=82d8be01f06549b51e5e495b20e1cec4|title=Heller kehrt nach Darmstadt zurück|publisher=SV Darmstadt 98 |date=28 July 2018 |accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|marcel-heller}} * {{Fussballdaten|hellermarcel}} * [https://www.kicker.de/marcel-heller/spieler/bundesliga/2016-17/sv-darmstadt-98 Profile] at kicker Online
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