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Malik Deniz Fathi (born 29 October 1983) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
left-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
From 2003 to 2008 he played as a defender for
Hertha BSC
Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...
.
On 12 March 2008, he signed for
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. In January 2010, he was loaned to
1. FSV Mainz 05. This move was made permanent in July 2011. He was loaned to
Kayserispor
Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits.
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for the 2012–13 season, but at the end of the winter transfer window of 2012–13, he joined
TSV 1860 Munich
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on a half-season loan.
On 14 April 2014, it was announced that his expiring contract at Mainz 05 would not be extended. On 30 January 2015 he moved to Spanish
Segunda División B
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club
Atlético Baleares. Fathi played almost 100 league matches in the third highest level of the
Spanish football pyramid.
International career
Fathi represented Germany Under-20 team at the
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
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, Germany Under-21 team at
European under-21 championship 2006.
He earned his first cap for the
Germany national team on 16 August 2006 in a 3–0 home friendly win against
Sweden
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. He replaced
Marcell Jansen
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at half-time. In his second and last international, he replaced
Thomas Hitzlsperger
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against
Georgia
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for the final 15 minutes of a 2-0 friendly win in
Rostock
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.
Personal life
Before beginning his football career he played tennis for
Hertha Zehlendorf
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The club is one of the largest football clubs in the country and has a strong youth department which has won two national youth championships. The depar ...
Berlin and for Borussia Berlin. He also plays basketball in his spare time.
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1983 births
Living people
German people of Turkish descent
German footballers
Footballers from Berlin
Association football defenders
Germany international footballers
Germany under-21 international footballers
Germany youth international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Russian Premier League players
Süper Lig players
Segunda División B players
Hertha BSC players
Hertha BSC II players
FC Spartak Moscow players
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
1. FSV Mainz 05 II players
Kayserispor footballers
TSV 1860 Munich players
CD Atlético Baleares footballers
German expatriate footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Russia
German expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Spain