Marcel Correia (born 16 May 1989) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a centre back.

Early life and career

Correia was born to Portuguese parents in

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfur ...

, but does not hold German citizenship. In 1995, he joined the youth system of his hometown club 1. FC Kaiserslautern and was promoted to the club's reserve side in 2008. In 2011, Correia transferred to

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side Eintracht Braunschweig. At the end of the 2016–17 season and after two years of captaining the team, he was released by Braunschweig. In this time there, he made 19 Bundesliga and 94 2. Bundesliga appearances. In June 2017, Correia returned to his boyhood club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, also of the 2. Bundesliga, signing a three-year contract. Due to Kaiserslautern's relegation to the

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at the end of the 2017–18 season, he became a free agent and joined

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. For the 2022–23 season, Correia signed with

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Correia, Marcel 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Kaiserslautern Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Men's association football defenders 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players SSV Jahn Regensburg players SC Paderborn 07 players SV Elversberg players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 3. Liga players German people of Portuguese descent