Marcel Ziemer (born 3 August 1985) is a German former professional
footballer who played as a
forward
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. He is currently the head coach of
TSG Pfeddersheim's U15 team.
Career
In 2004, at the age of 18, Ziemer joined
1. FC Kaiserslautern from lower-league club TuS Neuhausen.
In August 2017, in a
3. Liga
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match against
Preußen Münster with
Hansa Rostock, Ziemer tore a cruciate ligament. He was released by Rostock when his contract ran out in summer 2018. In January 2019 he was still in physical rehab.
Coaching career
After an
anterior cruciate ligament injury
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, he left Hansa in the summer 2018. He returned to football in November 2019, when he was hired as head coach of
TSG Pfeddersheim's U15 team.
Ex-Drittliga-Profis: Was macht eigentlich Marcel Ziemer?
liga3-online.de, 19 April 2020 Ziemer knew the club's sporting director, Dennis Dell, very well, which was the reason he joined the club.
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1985 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
German men's footballers
Germany men's youth international footballers
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
1. FC Kaiserslautern II players
SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
1. FC Saarbrücken players
FC Hansa Rostock players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
People from Worms, Germany
Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate
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