Marcel Ziemer

{{short description|German former professional footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marcel Ziemer

| image = Marcel Ziemer am 24.Juni.2023.jpg

| upright = 0.9

| caption = Ziemer in 2023

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|8|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Worms, West Germany

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = TSG Pfeddersheim (U15 head coach)

| youthyears1 = 1993–1994

| youthclubs1 = Kickers Worms

| youthyears2 = 1994–2004

| youthclubs2 = TuS Neuhausen

| years1 = 2004–2008

| clubs1 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern II

| caps1 = 83

| goals1 = 21

| years2 = 2006–2009

| clubs2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| caps2 = 49

| goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2009–2011

| clubs3 = SV Wehen Wiesbaden

| caps3 = 83

| goals3 = 15

| years4 = 2011–2014

| clubs4 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps4 = 82

| goals4 = 35

| years5 = 2014–2018

| clubs5 = Hansa Rostock

| caps5 = 90

| goals5 = 26

| totalcaps = 387

| totalgoals = 107

| nationalyears1 = 2005

| nationalteam1 = Germany U-20

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2019–

| managerclubs1 = TSG Pfeddersheim (U15)

}}

Marcel Ziemer (born 3 August 1985) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/marcel-ziemer/spieler/3-liga/2011-12/1-fc-saarbruecken | title = Ziemer, Marcel | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 2 January 2012}} He is the head coach of TSG Pfeddersheim's U15 team.

Playing career

In 2004, at the age of 18, Ziemer joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern from lower-league club TuS Neuhausen.

In August 2017, in a 3. Liga match against Preußen Münster with Hansa Rostock, Ziemer tore a cruciate ligament. He was released by Rostock when his contract ran out in summer 2018. In January 2019 he was still in physical rehab.{{cite news |last1=Dietel |first1=Carsten |title=Fußballprofi Marcel Ziemer kehrt nach Worms zurück |url=https://www.wormser-zeitung.de/sport/fussball/worms/fussballprofi-marcel-ziemer-kehrt-nach-worms-zuruck_19878516 |accessdate=3 March 2020 |work=Wormser Zeitung |date=9 January 2019 |language=German}}

Coaching career

After an anterior cruciate ligament injury, Ziemer left Hansa in the summer 2018. He returned to football in November 2019, when he was hired as head coach of TSG Pfeddersheim's U15 team.[https://www.tsgpfeddersheim-fussball.de/mannschaften Alle Mannschaften im Überblick], tsgpfeddersheim-fussball.de[https://www.liga3-online.de/ex-drittligaprofis-was-macht-eigentlich-marcel-ziemer/ Ex-Drittliga-Profis: Was macht eigentlich Marcel Ziemer?], liga3-online.de, 19 April 2020 Ziemer knew the club's sporting director, Dennis Dell, very well, which was the reason he joined the club.