Tom Scheffel (born 20 September 1994) 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 currently plays as a

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for

VSG Altglienicke VSG Altglienicke is a German sports club based in the locality of Altglienicke in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick of eastern Berlin. VSG Altglienicke is a multi-sports club, which besides its football department, also offers its members volley ...

Career

Scheffel came through

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

's youth team, and was promoted to the first team in 2013. He made his

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

debut in August 2013, as a substitute for

Kolja Pusch Kolja Pusch (born 12 February 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for MSV Duisburg. Career Having come through the Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth ranks, Pusch played for the club's reserves and Chemnitzer FC before jo ...

in a 5–3 win over

Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

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* * Living people 1994 births Footballers from Chemnitz Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Chemnitzer FC players Wormatia Worms players VSG Altglienicke players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub