Fabian Schnellhardt (born 12 January 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Spo ...

Club career

Schnellhardt joined the youth set-up of

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

from Rot-Weiß Erfurt, and he advanced through the club's youth system, making his debut for the second team in a 1–1 draw with Wuppertaler SV in Regionalliga West on 5 August 2012. After establishing himself in the second team, Schnellhardt made his

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debut for Köln as a late substitute in a 4–1 win against Erzgebirge Aue on 1 September 2013. He joined

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

for the 2014–15 season. He was loaned out to

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

for the 2015–16 season. After returning to Duisburg for three more years, he was signed by SV Darmstadt for the 2019–20 season.

International career

Schnellhardt has represented Germany at every level up to under-20, and he was a member of the German squad at both the 2011 FIFA Under-17 World Cup and the

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* Living people 1994 births People from Leinefelde-Worbis German men's footballers Footballers from Thuringia Men's association football midfielders Germany men's youth international footballers 1. FC Köln players MSV Duisburg players Holstein Kiel players SV Darmstadt 98 players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub