Markus Giesecke (born 15 April 1979) is a German

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player from

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who plays for Futsal Allgaeu, a futsal club based in

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Club career

He started playing futsal in

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and

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and was signed by Futsal Club Regensburg in 2014 to play in the newly founded

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, where he made his debut in Regensburg's 5-4 victory over

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on matchday 3. In the winter break 2015/16 he was transferred to then first division side TV Wackersdorf. He came from the bench in Wackersdorf's 9-4 victory over Cosmos Hoechst on the last matchday and appeared in a total of 14 matches during his two-season spell with the

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club. He scored his first goal in the Futsal-Regionalliga on 8 October 2016 (matchday 4) in a 9-5 away loss to Germania Ober-Roden. During the off-season, he helped Wackersdorf to win their own international futsal tournament in

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against German and

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an top teams and the Portus Rothaus Cup in

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. In Wackersdorf's colours, he took part in the 2016 Mitropa Futsal Cup in

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where he played against the best sides from

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. In April 2017, he moved to

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side CD Internacional Intxaurrondo to further develop his futsal skills and tactical knowledge. He made his debut in the Liga Gipuzkoana on the penultimate matchday of the 2016-17 season, in a 1-1 draw against Egarri Taberna on 8 April 2017. He played for the

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side until May 2018 and was then resigned by Futsal Club Regensburg. In August 2019 he published a video on his YouTube channel showing him shooting and sinking fifteen consecutive balls in a five-hole goal wall. In the summer of 2021 he moved to newly promoted

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side Futsal Allgaeu on a free transfer.

Minifootball

Markus Giesecke was called up to the Germany national

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team to participate in a training camp in

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on 17 and 18 March 2017 in preparation for the 2017 EMF EURO.

Headis

He participated in the Headis World Championship which took place in

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on 10 December 2022.

Career statistics

*1.Includes

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playoff matches. *2.Includes

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, SFV and

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futsal cup competitions. *3.Includes

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and Mitropa Futsal Cup.

Honours

3rd - Futsal Regionalliga Süd 2016
1st - International Wackersdorf Cup 2016
1st - Portus Rothaus Cup 2016 in Pforzheim
4th - Mitropa Futsal Cup 2016 in Vienna

References

External links

Futsal player profile on FuPa.net

Article on the Győri ETO Futsal Club website (Triplazott az ETO a Mitropa Kupan)

Article on the Tango Hodonin website (Z Mitropa Cupu vezeme stříbro i cenné zkušenosti)
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