Marcel Franke (born 5 April 1993) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

Career

Franke is a product of Dynamo Dresden's youth setup, and was promoted to the first team in 2010. He made his debut in March 2011, when he replaced

Sascha Pfeffer Sascha Pfeffer (born 19 October 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. He joined Dynamo Dresden from SC Borea Dresden in August 2007, and left for Chemnitzer FC five years later. Aft ...

in a

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match against

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. In Summer 2013 he was signed for

Hallescher FC Hallescher FC, sometimes still called by its former popular name Chemie Halle, is a German association football club based in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third highest level in the German footb ...

by former Dynamo Dresden coach

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. In July 2017, he signed for Norwich City on a three-year contract, for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut for them in the opening game of the 2017–18 season, a 1–1 draw with

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, playing at centre half along with fellow debutant

Christoph Zimmermann Christoph Zimmermann (born 12 January 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Darmstadt 98. Career Early career Zimmermann joined Borussia Dortmund II in 2014 from Borussia Mönchengladbach. He made his pr ...

. He played in the first seven games of the season (five in the Championship and two in the

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) but was dropped after a 4–0 defeat at Millwall, with

Timm Klose Timm Klose (born 9 May 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre back, most recently for Championship club Bristol City and the Switzerland national team. Born in Frankfurt to a German father and Swiss mother, he was raised ...

having returned from injury and the club signing

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. Although he came on as a late substitute for Klose in a 3–1 win over

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in the EFL Cup in September, it was announced in December that he would be returning to Dynamo Dresden on loan in the January transfer window for the remainder of the season. On 27 June 2018, Franke joined

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 ...

on a season-long loan. On 26 June 2019, Norwich City announced that Franke had joined

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Franke joined

on a three-year contract.

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* * 1993 births Living people German footballers Association football defenders Dynamo Dresden players Dynamo Dresden II players Hallescher FC players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Norwich City F.C. players SV Darmstadt 98 players Hannover 96 players Karlsruher SC players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players English Football League players German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Dresden {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub