Denny Herzig (born 13 November 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Career

Having played as a youth for SV Sparneck,

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and Carl Zeiss Jena, Herzig moved to England aged 16, joining

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along with his older brother

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. After a year in the Dons' youth system, he moved north, signing for Blackpool, but he was unable to break into the first team, and in 2004 he returned to Germany, reuniting with his brother at SV Wacker Burghausen. Burghausen were in the

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, and Herzig made his professional debut in October 2004, replacing Macchambes Younga-Mouhani in a 2–0 victory over

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. This was his only appearance of the season, and after two more appearances the following year, he was released in June 2006. He spent three years playing for SV Elversberg in the Regionalliga Süd, before joining

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in 2009. He served as club captain, but left the club after one season, as the club declared

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and were forced to withdraw from the

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. In 2010, Herzig joined

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of the

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. He made seventeen appearances in the 2010–11 season as the club earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, but he was released at the end of the season and signed for

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in July 2011. Again he was released after one season, and spent three months without a club before signing for

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in October 2012. He was released by Leverkusen at the end of the 2012–13 season. He then had a short stint in Iceland with Víkingur Ólafsvík in 2014, before returning to Germany to play for SV Seligenporten in 2015. He ended his career with

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where he played between 2015 and 2018.

Personal life

Herzig's older brother,

, was also a professional footballer. In 2015, while playing football on amateur level, Herzig became a

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with the Munich Police Department.

Career statistics

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