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{{Short description|German professional footballer (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marcel Schmelzer
| name = Marcel Schmelzer
| image = [[File:Marcel schmelzer.jpg|200px]]
| image = Marcel Schmelzer 2014 crop.jpg
| caption = Schmelzer with Borussia Dortmund in 2011
| caption = Schmelzer with [[Borussia Dortmund]] in 2014
| fullname =
| image_size =
| full_name = Marcel Schmelzer<ref name="Soccerway"/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|01|22|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|01|22|df=y}}<ref name="Soccerway"/>
| birth_place = [[Magdeburg]], [[East Germany]]
| birth_place = [[Magdeburg]], [[East Germany]]
| height = {{height|m=1.81|precision=0}}
| height = 1.80 m<ref>{{cite web |title= Marcel Schmelzer|url= https://www.bvb.de/Mannschaften/Profis/Marcel-Schmelzer |publisher=Brussia Dortmund |access-date= 20 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181214004137/https://www.bvb.de/Mannschaften/Profis/Marcel-Schmelzer |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full back|Left back]]
| currentclub = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| position = [[Left-back]]
| clubnumber = 29
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1997–2001 | youthclubs1 = [[Fortuna Magdeburg]]
| youthyears1 = 1997–2001
| youthyears2 = 2001–2005 | youthclubs2 = [[1. FC Magdeburg|FC Magdeburg]]
| youthclubs1 = [[Fortuna Magdeburg]]
| youthyears3 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs3 = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| youthyears2 = 2001–2005
| years1 = 2007–2009 | clubs1 = [[Borussia Dortmund II]] | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 0
| youthclubs2 = [[1. FC Magdeburg]]
| years2 = 2008– | clubs2 = [[Borussia Dortmund]] | caps2 = 87 | goals2 = 1
| youthyears3 = 2005–2007
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam1 = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U21]]
| youthclubs3 = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| years1 = 2005–2009
| nationalyears2 = 2010– | nationalteam2 = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
| clubs1 = [[Borussia Dortmund II]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| caps1 = 38
| pcupdate = 04:02, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
| goals1 = 0
| ntupdate = 23:00, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
| years2 = 2008–2022
| clubs2 = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| caps2 = 258
| goals2 = 3
| totalcaps = 296
| totalgoals = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2010
| nationalteam1 = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2014
| nationalteam2 = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps2 = 16
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 12:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
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{{Medal|W|[[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2009 Sweden]]|}}
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'''Marcel Schmelzer''' (born 22 January 1988) is a [[Germany|German]] [[Association football|footballer]] who plays for German [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] club [[Borussia Dortmund]] as a [[Defender (association football)#Full back|left back]]. He has been [[Cap (sport)|capped]] by [[Germany national football team|Germany]] at international level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcel Schmelzer|url=http://www.soccerway.com/players/marcel-schmelzer/39421/|work=Soccerway|publisher=Global Sports Media|accessdate=30 September 2011}}</ref>
'''Marcel Schmelzer''' ({{IPA|de|maʁˈsɛl ˈʃmɛltsɐ}}; born 22 January 1988) is a German former professional [[association football|footballer]] who spent [[List of one-club men in association football|his entire career]] for [[Bundesliga]] club [[Borussia Dortmund]], serving as captain from 2016 to 2018. Mainly deployed as a [[left-back]], he was [[cap (sport)|capped]] by [[Germany national football team|Germany]] at international level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcel Schmelzer|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcel-schmelzer/39421/|work=Soccerway|publisher=Global Sports Media|access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>


==Club career==
==Club career==
Schmelzer started his professional career with [[Borussia Dortmund]], making his first appearance on 9 August 2008, in the [[2008–09 DFB-Pokal|German Cup]] first-round match against [[Rot-Weiss Essen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/spielpaarungsbericht/object/865805/saison/2008-09|title=Valdez vollendet Arbeitssieg|work=kicker.de|date=9 August 2008|accessdate=17 May 2009 | language = German}}</ref> His first [[Fußball-Bundesliga|league]] appearance came in the following week, as he played the final twenty minutes of a 3–2 win at [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|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 born in [[Magdeburg]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]]. He started his professional career with [[Borussia Dortmund]], making his first appearance on 9 August 2008, in the [[2008–09 DFB-Pokal|German Cup]] first-round match against [[Rot-Weiss Essen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/spielpaarungsbericht/object/865805/saison/2008-09|title=Valdez vollendet Arbeitssieg|work=kicker.de|date=9 August 2008|access-date=17 May 2009 | language = de}}</ref> His first [[Bundesliga|league]] appearance came in the following week, as he played the final twenty minutes of a 3–2 win at [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/news/2011/0000210614.php | title = Löw: "My compliments go to Jürgen Klopp" | language = de | publisher = bundesliga.de | date = 22 April 2012 | access-date = 27 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426204407/http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/news/2011/0000210614.php | archive-date = 26 April 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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 [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], making it three titles in two years.

On 11 January 2013, Schmelzer extended his contract with Borussia, which will keep him at the club until 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bvb.de/?%87%ECY%1B%E7%F4%9C%5Do%E0%81%9D|title=BVB extend contract of Marcel Schmelzer until 2017|date=11 January 2013|access-date=13 February 2013|publisher=Borussia Dortmund Official Website}}</ref>

On 27 July 2013, Schmelzer won the [[2013 DFL-Supercup]] with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.com/en/tournaments/news/2013/0000262446.php |title=Dortmund prevail over Bayern in Supercup thriller |publisher=bundesliga.com |date=27 July 2013 |access-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106163106/http://www.bundesliga.com/en/tournaments/news/2013/0000262446.php |archive-date=6 November 2013 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bvb.de/News/Uebersicht/BVB-und-Schmelzer-verlaengern-Zusammenarbeit-bis-2021 | title = Borussia Dortmund und Marcel Schmelzer verlängern Zusammenarbeit bis 2021 | language = de | website = Borussia Dortmund | date = 25 April 2016 | access-date = 25 April 2016}}</ref>

After the departure of [[Mats Hummels]], Schmelzer was named a candidate to be the new captain. On 14 August 2016, Schmelzer captained his first match against league champions Bayern Munich during the 2–0 defeat of the [[2016 DFL-Supercup|DFL-Supercup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/supercup/spielplan/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2234139 |title=Deutscher Supercup, 2016, Finale | language = de | date = 14 August 2016 | access-date = 17 August 2016}}</ref>

On 31 May 2020, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in seven years in a 6–1 win against [[SC Paderborn 07|Paderborn]], coming off the bench for Moroccan right-back [[Achraf Hakimi]]. Later that day, fans voted him as Man of the Match on the club's official Instagram account.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Today’s Man of the Match was _______! 🏅|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CA3QrBfDGrz/?igshid=ed3129y32fvm |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CA3QrBfDGrz |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=limited}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Despite missing virtually the entire 2020–21 season and Dortmund's DFB-Pokal triumph, Schmelzer extended his contract with Dortmund in summer 2021 for another year, although this was primarily to cover medical insurance regarding a long-term knee injury rather than concerning game time.

He retired after 17 seasons as a Borussia Dortmund player and was celebrated after their game against [[Hertha BSC]]. Overall he played 258 [[Bundesliga|German top-flight]] matches.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/dui-schmelzerdata.html | title = Marcel Schmelzer - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 11 October 2022 | accessdate = 11 October 2022 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF.com]]}}</ref>


==International career==
==International career==
[[File:Marcel Schmelzer, Germany national football team (03).jpg|thumb|right|Schmelzer playing for [[Germany national football team|Germany]]]]
Schmelzer was called by the [[Germany national under-21 football team|U21 team]] for the [[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|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 national under-21 football team|England]].

Schmelzer was called up by the [[Germany national under-21 football team|U21 team]] for the [[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2009 European Championship]], being used regularly, although not as a starter, he played the final five minutes in the final, a 4–0 success against [[England national under-21 football team|England]]. For the full national team he made 16 appearances between 2010 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/dui-schmelzer-intl.html | title = Marcel Schmelzer - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 11 October 2022 | accessdate = 11 October 2022 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF.com]]}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Schmelzer became an assistant coach to Marco Lehmann at Borussia Dortmund U17 for the 2023–24 season.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kupitz |first=Jan |url=https://www.90min.de/posts/neue-aufgabe-marcel-schmelzer-kehrt-zum-bvb-zuruck |title=Neue Aufgabe: Marcel Schmelzer kehrt zum BVB zurück |publisher=90min.de |language=de |date=31 May 2023 }}</ref> On 3 May 2024, it was announced that he would join [[Jan Zimmermann (footballer, born 1979)|Jan Zimmermann]]'s coaching staff at [[Borussia Dortmund II]] for the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/Marcel-Schmelzer-to-become-assistant-coach-of-the-U23s |title=Marcel Schmelzer to become assistant coach of the U23s |publisher=Borussia Dortmund |date=3 May 2024 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Schmelzer is married to Jenny Schmelzer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Borussia Dortmund Champions Party - DFB Cup Final |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/marcel-schmelzer-of-dortmund-pose-with-his-wife-jenny-news-photo/491857991 |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref>

==Career statistics==


==Honours==
===Club===
===Club===
{{updated|30 June 2022}}<ref name="worldfootball.net">{{cite web|title=Marcel Schmelzer » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/marcel-schmelzer/2/|publisher=World Football|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref>
;Borussia Dortmund
*'''[[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]: 1'''
:: [[2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga|2010–11]]


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===Country===
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
*'''[[UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship]]: 1'''
|-
:: [[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|2009]]
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[DFB-Pokal]]
!colspan="2"|Continental
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|-
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|rowspan="5"|[[Borussia Dortmund II]]
|2005–06
|[[Oberliga Westfalen]]
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|[[2007–08 Regionalliga|2007–08]]
|[[Regionalliga Nord]]
|26||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Regionalliga|2008–09]]
|[[Regionalliga West]]
|10||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Borussia Dortmund II season|2009–10]]
|[[3. Liga]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!38!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!38!!0
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[2008–09 Borussia Dortmund season|2008–09]]
|rowspan="14"|[[Bundesliga]]
|12||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||16||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Borussia Dortmund season|2009–10]]
|28||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||0
|-
|[[2010–11 Borussia Dortmund season|2010–11]]
|34||0||2||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||43||0
|-
|[[2011–12 Borussia Dortmund season|2011–12]]
|28||1||4||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||37||1
|-
|[[2012–13 Borussia Dortmund season|2012–13]]
|29||0||3||1||13||1||1{{efn|name=DFL|Appearance in [[DFL-Supercup]]}}||0||46||2
|-
|[[2013–14 Borussia Dortmund season|2013–14]]
|19||1||3||0||5||0||1{{efn|name=DFL}}||0||28||1
|-
|[[2014–15 Borussia Dortmund season|2014–15]]
|22||0||4||0||6||0||1{{efn|name=DFL}}||0||33||0
|-
|[[2015–16 Borussia Dortmund season|2015–16]]
|26||0||6||0||15||0||colspan="2"|—||47||0
|-
|[[2016–17 Borussia Dortmund season|2016–17]]
|26||0||5||1||7||0||1{{efn|name=DFL}}||0||39||1
|-
|[[2017–18 Borussia Dortmund season|2017–18]]
|18||0||2||0||7||1||0||0||27||1
|-
|[[2018–19 Borussia Dortmund season|2018–19]]
|9||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||13||0
|-
|[[2019–20 Borussia Dortmund season|2019–20]]
|7||1||0||0||1||0||0||0||8||1
|-
|[[2020–21 Borussia Dortmund season|2020–21]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[2021–22 Borussia Dortmund season|2021–22]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!258!!3!!35!!2!!70!!2!!4!!0!!367!!7
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!296!!3!!35!!2!!70!!2!!4!!0!!405!!7
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|marcel-schmelzer/39421}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Germany national football team|Germany]]
|2010||1||0
|-
|2011||4||0
|-
|2012||4||0
|-
|2013||6||0
|-
|2014||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!16!!0
|}

==Honours==
[[File:Championship celebration Borussia Dortmund 2011.jpg|thumb|280px|right|Schmelzer (second from left) celebrates winning the Bundesliga with [[Borussia Dortmund]] in [[2010–11 Bundesliga|2011]].]]

'''Borussia Dortmund'''<ref name="Soccerway"/>
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[2010–11 Bundesliga|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Bundesliga|2011–12]]
* [[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2011–12 DFB-Pokal|2011–12]], [[2016–17 DFB-Pokal|2016–17]], [[2020–21 DFB-Pokal|2020–21]]
* [[DFL-Supercup]]: [[2013 DFL-Supercup|2013]], [[2014 DFL-Supercup|2014]], [[2019 DFL-Supercup|2019]]
* [[UEFA Champions League]] runner-up: [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League|2012–13]]

'''Germany U21'''<ref name=Soccerway />
* [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]: [[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2009]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Association football|Germany}}
* [[List of one-club men in association football|List of one-club men]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:00, 18 December 2024

Marcel Schmelzer
Schmelzer with Borussia Dortmund in 2014
Personal information
Full name Marcel Schmelzer[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Magdeburg, East Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1997–2001 Fortuna Magdeburg
2001–2005 1. FC Magdeburg
2005–2007 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Borussia Dortmund II 38 (0)
2008–2022 Borussia Dortmund 258 (3)
Total 296 (3)
International career
2009–2010 Germany U21 11 (0)
2010–2014 Germany 16 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland–Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Marcel Schmelzer (German pronunciation: [maʁˈsɛl ˈʃmɛltsɐ]; born 22 January 1988) is a German former professional footballer who spent his entire career for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, serving as captain from 2016 to 2018. Mainly deployed as a left-back, he was capped by Germany at international level.[3]

Club career

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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.[4] 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.[5] 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 three titles in two years.

On 11 January 2013, Schmelzer extended his contract with Borussia, which will keep him at the club until 2017.[6]

On 27 July 2013, Schmelzer won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich.[7]

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.[8]

After the departure of Mats Hummels, Schmelzer was named a candidate to be the new captain. On 14 August 2016, Schmelzer captained his first match against league champions Bayern Munich during the 2–0 defeat of the DFL-Supercup.[9]

On 31 May 2020, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in seven years in a 6–1 win against Paderborn, coming off the bench for Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakimi. Later that day, fans voted him as Man of the Match on the club's official Instagram account.[10] Despite missing virtually the entire 2020–21 season and Dortmund's DFB-Pokal triumph, Schmelzer extended his contract with Dortmund in summer 2021 for another year, although this was primarily to cover medical insurance regarding a long-term knee injury rather than concerning game time.

He retired after 17 seasons as a Borussia Dortmund player and was celebrated after their game against Hertha BSC. Overall he played 258 German top-flight matches.[11]

International career

[edit]
Schmelzer playing for Germany

Schmelzer was called up by the U21 team for the 2009 European Championship, being used regularly, although not as a starter, he played the final five minutes in the final, a 4–0 success against England. For the full national team he made 16 appearances between 2010 and 2014.[12]

Managerial career

[edit]

Schmelzer became an assistant coach to Marco Lehmann at Borussia Dortmund U17 for the 2023–24 season.[13] On 3 May 2024, it was announced that he would join Jan Zimmermann's coaching staff at Borussia Dortmund II for the 2024–25 season.[14]

Personal life

[edit]

Schmelzer is married to Jenny Schmelzer.[15]

Career statistics

[edit]

Club

[edit]
As of 30 June 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Borussia Dortmund II 2005–06 Oberliga Westfalen 1 0 — — — 1 0
2007–08 Regionalliga Nord 26 0 — — — 26 0
2008–09 Regionalliga West 10 0 — — — 10 0
2009–10 3. Liga 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
Borussia Dortmund 2008–09 Bundesliga 12 0 3 0 1 0 — 16 0
2009–10 28 0 2 0 — — 30 0
2010–11 34 0 2 0 7 0 — 43 0
2011–12 28 1 4 0 5 0 — 37 1
2012–13 29 0 3 1 13 1 1[a] 0 46 2
2013–14 19 1 3 0 5 0 1[a] 0 28 1
2014–15 22 0 4 0 6 0 1[a] 0 33 0
2015–16 26 0 6 0 15 0 — 47 0
2016–17 26 0 5 1 7 0 1[a] 0 39 1
2017–18 18 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 27 1
2018–19 9 0 1 0 3 0 — 13 0
2019–20 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 258 3 35 2 70 2 4 0 367 7
Career total 296 3 35 2 70 2 4 0 405 7
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2010 1 0
2011 4 0
2012 4 0
2013 6 0
2014 1 0
Total 16 0

Honours

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Schmelzer (second from left) celebrates winning the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in 2011.

Borussia Dortmund[1]

Germany U21[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Marcel Schmelzer at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Marcel Schmelzer". Brussia Dortmund. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Marcel Schmelzer". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Valdez vollendet Arbeitssieg". kicker.de (in German). 9 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Löw: "My compliments go to Jürgen Klopp"" (in German). bundesliga.de. 22 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  6. ^ "BVB extend contract of Marcel Schmelzer until 2017". Borussia Dortmund Official Website. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Dortmund prevail over Bayern in Supercup thriller". bundesliga.com. 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Borussia Dortmund und Marcel Schmelzer verlängern Zusammenarbeit bis 2021". Borussia Dortmund (in German). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Deutscher Supercup, 2016, Finale" (in German). 14 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Today's Man of the Match was _______! 🏅". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
  11. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (11 October 2022). "Marcel Schmelzer - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  12. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (11 October 2022). "Marcel Schmelzer - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  13. ^ Kupitz, Jan (31 May 2023). "Neue Aufgabe: Marcel Schmelzer kehrt zum BVB zurück" (in German). 90min.de.
  14. ^ "Marcel Schmelzer to become assistant coach of the U23s". Borussia Dortmund. 3 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Borussia Dortmund Champions Party - DFB Cup Final". Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Marcel Schmelzer » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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