Marc Heider

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marc Heider

| image = Marc Heider.JPG

| caption = Heider with Holstein Kiel

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sacramento, California, United States

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Sportfreunde Lotte

| clubnumber = 20

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2003

| youthyears2 = 2003–2005

| youthclubs1 = TuS Recke

| youthclubs2 = VfL Osnabrück

| years1 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = VfL Osnabrück | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2006–2009 | clubs2 = Werder Bremen II | caps2 = 84 | goals2 = 16

| years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = Holstein Kiel II | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2009–2016 | clubs4 = Holstein Kiel | caps4 = 221 | goals4 = 73

| years5 = 2016–2023 | clubs5 = VfL Osnabrück | caps5 = 225 | goals5 = 43

| years6 = 2023– | clubs6 = Sportfreunde Lotte | caps6 = 49 | goals6 = 27

| club-update = 1 January 2025

}}

Marc Heider (born 18 May 1986) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Sportfreunde Lotte.{{WorldFootball.net|marc-heider}}

Career

Heider began his career at TuS Recke before being scouted in 2003 for the youth team of VfL Osnabrück. He was promoted to the senior team of Osnabrück and played sixteen games scoring two goals. In July 2006 Heider transferred to Werder Bremen where he played for the reserve team and was released on 30 May 2009. On 26 June, he signed for Holstein Kiel.

Heider returned to VfL Osnabrück in 2016 and helped the club to promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2018–19 season.{{cite news |title=VfL Osnabrück: "Fußballgott" Heider beendet Karriere |trans-title=VfL Osnabrück: ‘Football God’ Heider ends his career |url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/VfL-Osnabrueck-Fussballgott-Heider-beendet-Karriere,osnabrueck7462.html |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=NDR |date=4 May 2023 |language=German}} In the 2. Bundesliga he made 54 appearances scoring 9 goals. At the end of the 2022–23 season he achieved 2. Bundesliga promotion for a second time with Osnabrück.{{cite news |last1=Alschner |first1=Jacob |title=Marc Heider: Weiter in Lotte – oder zurück zum VfL Osnabrück? |trans-title=Marc Heider: Continue in Lotte - or back to VfL Osnabrück? |url=https://www.noz.de/sport/sf-lotte/artikel/marc-heider-weiter-in-lotte-oder-zurueck-zum-vfl-osnabrueck-48581156 |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=NOZ |date=9 April 2025 |language=German}}

Heider moved to Sportfreunde Lotte in summer 2023, with whom he promoted to the Regionalliga in 2023–24. In June 2024 he extended his contract with Sportfreunde Lotte, where he featured as a playing assistant coach.{{cite news |last1=Goltsche |first1=Malte |title=Marc Heider verlängert in Lotte - mit Platz in der Trainerkabine |trans-title=Marc Heider extends his contract in Lotte - with a place in the trainer's cabin |url=https://www.noz.de/sport/amateurfussball-os/artikel/marc-heider-verlaengert-in-lotte-mit-platz-in-der-trainerkabine-47174991 |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung |date=11 June 2024 |language=German}}

Personal life

Born in Sacramento, United States, Heider is the son of a pilot. He grew up in Recke, North Rhine-Westphalia,{{cite news |last1=Schiffbänker |first1=Michael |title=Ex-VfLer im Interview: Marc Heider: "Ich vertraue meinem Bauchgefühl" |url=https://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/vfl-osnabrueck/artikel/421358/marc-heider-ich-vertraue-meinem-bauchgefuhl#gallery&11777&0&421358 |access-date=7 September 2021 |date=17 October 2013 |language=de}} and has German citizenship.{{cite web |title=Das war Side… |url=https://www.holstein-kiel.de/news/das-war-side/ |website=Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e. V. |access-date=7 September 2021 |language=de |date=16 January 2016}}