Marco Sailer (16 November 1985) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Sailer was born in

Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...

. He learned his football at local club TSV Bitzfeld. Whilst still a teenager, he joined VfR Heilbronn. In 2004, he moved to

VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheer ...

. In 2008, he celebrated promotion to the newly formed 3. Liga with the club. He scored the club's first goal in the new league on 26 July 2008 in a 2–1 victory. That season, Aalen were relegated to Regionalliga Süd and Sailer was released. He then joined Greuther Fürth and signed a two-year contract. After only one year, he left to join 3. Liga side

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

, and eighteen months later he moved on again, to 1. FC Heidenheim. After only 18 months at Heidenheim, Sailer joined

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-Sp ...

with whom he managed to get, through two successive promotions, into the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

. In 2016 Sailer moved to

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin. It i ...

side

FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the Thuringia Cup on three occasions and, t ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailer, Marco Living people 1985 births People from Schwäbisch Hall German men's footballers Footballers from Stuttgart (region) Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players VfR Aalen players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players SpVgg Greuther Fürth II players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players SV Wehen Wiesbaden II players 1. FC Heidenheim players SV Darmstadt 98 players FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen players