Marcel Höttecke (born 25 April 1987) is a German former professional

football goalkeeper The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing team from ...

Career

Höttecke was born in

Lippstadt Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn. Geo ...

. He played mainly for

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund, currently playing in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. The team won the Regionalliga West in 2009 and became the second ...

but has played in the first team due to injuries of regular keepers

Roman Weidenfeller Roman Weidenfeller (born 6 August 1980) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Bundesliga clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Borussia Dortmund, as well a ...

and Marc Ziegler. His first match in

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

was on 16 April 2008 losing to

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

3–1. On 20 April 2010, it was announced that he would transfer to

1. FC Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional German football club based in Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was founded. During the Co ...

at the end of the season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hottecke, Marcel 1987 births Living people People from Lippstadt Footballers from Arnsberg (region) Rot Weiss Ahlen players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players 1. FC Union Berlin players Berliner AK 07 players German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Men's association football goalkeepers SV Lippstadt 08 players 21st-century German sportsmen