Marco Höger (born 16 September 1989) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for 1. FC Köln II.

Career

Alemannia Aachen

Born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Höger began his career in 2005 in

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

's youth academy. In summer 2008, he was promoted to the reserve team where he earned his first senior cap on 17 August 2008 against TSV Germania Windeck in the

NRW-Liga The Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga (''North Rhine-Westphalia League''; NRW-Liga) was the highest football league in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) from 2008 to 2012. It was one of the eleven Oberliga (football), Oberliga groups in German foo ...

. He made his professional debut for

in the 2. Bundesliga on 6 March 2010 against

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

and signed his first professional contract with Alemannia on 26 May 2010.

Schalke 04

On 9 June 2011,

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, ...

confirmed that Höger signed a three-year professional contract with them until 30 June 2014. The transfer fee is reported as undisclosed by Schalke's sport and communications manager

Horst Heldt Horst Heldt (born 9 December 1969) is a German football executive and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the former general manager of 1. FC Köln. Playing career Heldt was born in Königswinter. He played at 1. FC Köln from 1990 ...

. Marco Höger was assigned a number 12 shirt, previously worn by Peer Kluge. On 8 January 2013, Schalke announced that Höger signed a two-year professional contract extension to 30 June 2016. Following Schalke 04's 2–0 defeat to rivals

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English language, English, is a German professional association football, football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 ...

, on 10 May 2015, Höger was suspended from training and first team action until 16 May 2015.

1. FC Köln

On 22 February 2016, Höger signed a five-year contract with

starting in the 2016–17 season. On 28 April 2018, he played as Köln lost 3–2 to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

which confirmed Köln’s relegation from the Bundesliga.

Return to 1. FC Köln

On 7 June 2023, Höger returned to

for their

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Career statistics

Honours

Schalke 04 *

DFL-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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* 1989 births Living people Footballers from Cologne German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football fullbacks Alemannia Aachen players FC Schalke 04 players 1. FC Köln players SV Waldhof Mannheim players 1. FC Köln II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub