Marcel Keßen
{{Short description|German basketball player (born 1997)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Marcel Keßen
| image = Keßen.JPG
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Keßen playing for Heidelberg in 2023
| position = Center
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 240
| team = MLP Academics Heidelberg
| number = 15
| league = Basketball Bundesliga
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|1|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hagen, Germany
| high_school =
| college =
| draft_year =
| career_start = 2015
| career_end =
| years1 = 2015-17, 2021-23
| team1 = Phoenix Hagen
| years2 = 2023-present
| team2 = MLP Academics Heidelberg
| highlights =
}}
Marcel Theodor Keßen (alternative spelling Kessen; born 2 January 1997) is a German professional basketball player.
Early life
Club career
In January 2021, he returned to Phoenix Hagen after a 3-year absence.[https://www.come-on.de/sport/lokalsport/marcel-kessen-ist-zurueck-nachrodter-wird-ein-feuervogel-90180968.html Marcel Keßen ist zurück: Nachrodter wird ein „Feuervogel“] come-on.de, 26 January 2021. Accessed 13 September 2023.{{in lang|de}}
In June 2022, under the lead of coach Chris Harris, Keßen became Hagen's new team captain. He succeeded Dominik Spohr for this position.
In the 2022–23 season, Keßen advanced to become Hagen's second-best scorer with an average of 14.3 points. He was his team's top rebounder (6.4). Out of 29 games played, he was in the starting lineup 27 times and had an excellent three-point percentage of 43 percent.
In 2023, he joined MLP Academics Heidelberg.
Player profile
Keßen mostly plays the Center position.
Keßen has been described as "a verbally extroverted" player.
References
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External links
- {{Eurobasket.com player|263846|Marcel Kessen}}
- [https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/spieler/ab6a0f68-42a8-40ec-86a9-f33da910d1f1 German league profile]
{{USC Heidelberg current roster}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kessen, Marcel}}
Category:German men's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Hagen
Category:Phoenix Hagen players