Morgan Faßbender (born 18 October 1998) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for Polish club

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, is a professional Polish football club based in Nieciecza, Poland. The team was established in 1922. The club was founded after Wo ...

Career

Early career

Born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, Faßbender played youth football for

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 is a German football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg. The modern-day football department, officially playing as SSV Ulm 1846 Fussball, was formed on 9 March 2009 when the department separated from SSV Ulm 1846. The club's great ...

SGV Freiberg SGV Freiberg is a German association football club from the city of Freiberg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was formed out of the 1973 union of ''SGV Heutingsheim'' and ''TSV Beihingen''. The roots of the Heutingsheim club go ...

and

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. History In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...

. He started his senior career at

, where he made 8 appearances in the second half of the 2017–18 season. He left the club at the end of the season. He joined

FV Illertissen FV Illertissen is a German association football club from the town of Illertissen, Bavaria and was established in 1921. Despite its location in Bavaria the club had never played in the league system of its home state but instead preferred to pl ...

in the

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...

in September 2018, where he made 3 appearances before joining Göppinger SV in early 2019. He scored twice in 14 appearances across the remainder of the 2018–19 season whilst he scored 2 goals in 15 matches during the 2019–20 season.

Chemie Leipzig

In July 2020, he signed for Chemie Leipzig on a one-year contract with the option of an additional year. He scored four goals in 12 appearances during the 2020–21 season. At the end of the season, Faßbender was offered a new contract by the club but initially rejected it to search for new club. He subsequently asked to remain at the club but was released as the club had recruited new players in his position.

SV Meppen

He signed a two-year contract with 3. Liga side

SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football ...

on 17 June 2021. He made his debut for the club in a 3–1 defeat to

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 ...

on 24 July 2021.

Bruk-Bet Termalica

On 26 June 2023, Faßbender moved abroad for the first time in his career to join Polish

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club

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fassbender, Morgan 1998 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Stuttgart Men's association football midfielders Stuttgarter Kickers players FV Illertissen players BSG Chemie Leipzig (1997) players SV Meppen players Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players German people of Ghanaian descent German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland German expatriate sportspeople in Poland