Marcel Heller (born 12 February 1986) is a German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for

SV Straelen Sportverein 19 Straelen e.V., commonly known as simply SV 19 Straelen or SV Straelen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club from Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1919 and today has nearly 2,400 m ...

Career

Early career

In 2006, Heller signed with Regionalliga Süd club

Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionallig ...

for its 2006–07 campaign, joining from the Alemannia Aachen reserves. He immediately earned a regular spot and drew attraction in a

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match against

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

Eintracht Frankfurt and loan

signed Heller in November 2006. He debuted for the ''eagles'' coming on as a substitute on 27 January 2007 against

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

. He scored his first Bundesliga goal in an away fixture at Bielefeld on 14 April 2007. In the 2007–08 campaign, Heller had many injury problems and played only four matches for the first team. In August 2008, a season long loan deal was confirmed with

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 ...

who had been relegated to the

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. After the loan, Heller stayed with

for another two seasons.

Dynamo Dresden

Heller signed with

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

for the 2011–12 season who had earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga the previous season.

Alemannia Aachen

In 2012, Heller joined

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a football in Germany, German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's 2. Bundesliga, second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three- ...

in the

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on a two-year deal which was terminated after the first season due to Aachen getting relegated.

Darmstadt 98

After the termination of his contract, he signed within the league 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 ...

. With ''The Lilies'' Heller managed to go through 2 consecutive promotions ending up in the Bundesliga.

FC Augsburg

In June 2017, Heller signed with

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...

on a free transfer agreeing to a two-year contract.

Return to Darmstadt 98

On 28 July 2018, Darmstadt 98 announced that Heller would return to the club on a two-year contract.

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