Marc Pfitzner (born 28 August 1984) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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and current assistant manager of

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

Career

Early career

Born in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

, Pfitzner started out playing as an amateur in the 8th tier Kreisliga Braunschweig for TSV Timmerlah, before moving on to two other local amateur clubs, SV

Broitzem Broitzem is a '' Stadtbezirk'' (borough) in the south-western part of Braunschweig, Germany. History The village of Broitzem was first mentioned in documents during the 12th century. Originally mostly a farming village, Broitzem became connected ...

and

FT Braunschweig Freie Turnerschaft Braunschweig, commonly known as Freie Turner, FT Braunschweig or simply FTB, is a German association football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded as a worker's sports club on 2 ...

Eintracht Braunschweig

He joined

's reserve team in 2005. Having already given up on a professional career, he finally made the jump into Eintracht Braunschweig's first team in 2007, at the age of 23. He went on to become a regular first team player in Braunschweig, appearing in 197 league games over nine seasons with the club. With Braunschweig, Pfitzner worked his way up from the

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to the

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in 2011, and finally to the

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in 2013. On 29 September 2013, Pfitzner made his debut in the Bundesliga in a game against

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

, making him the rare case of a player who made it from the Kreisliga all the way up to the Bundesliga.

Werder Bremen II

After the

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season, Pfitzner's contract in Braunschweig was not renewed. In June 2016, he signed a two-year contract with the Werder Bremen reserves. In May, following Werder Bremen II's relegation from the

, it was announced Pfitzner would be one of ten players to leave the club.

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Braunschweig Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players SV Werder Bremen II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Eintracht Braunschweig managers {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub