Martin Seiferth

{{Short description|German basketball player (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Martin Seiferth

| image = Martin Seiferth.JPG

| position = Center

| height_m = 2.08

| weight_lb = 229

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 September 1990}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany

| high_school =

| college = Oregon (2010–2011)
Eastern Washington (2012–2014)

| draft_year = 2014

| career_start = 2014

| career_end =

| years1 = 2014–2015

| team1 = ALBA Berlin

| years2 = 2015–2017

| team2 = Chemnitz 99

| years3 = 2017–2018

| team3 = MLP Academics Heidelberg

| years4 = 2018–2020

| team4 = Paderborn Baskets

| highlights =

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Martin Seiferth (born 18 September 1990) is a retired{{cite web|title=Uni Baskets Paderborn verabschieden sich von Martin Seiferth |url=https://www.2basketballbundesliga.de/uni-baskets-paderborn-verabschieden-sich-von-martin-seiferth/|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=German}} German professional basketball player who played until 2020 for the Paderborn Baskets of the German ProA league. He formerly played for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball League. Prior to his professional career, Seiferth played with the Oregon and Eastern Washington men's basketball teams. He commonly plays the role as a forward-center, transforming into an elite shot-blocker in the Big Sky Conference.{{cite web|title=Martin Seiferth Bio|url=http://goeags.com/sports/m-baskbl/2012-13/Bios/Martin_Seiferth|website=GoEags.com|accessdate=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063843/http://goeags.com/sports/m-baskbl/2012-13/Bios/Martin_Seiferth|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Alba Berlin – Team 2014/2015 |url=http://www.albaberlin.de/team/kader-20142015.html |accessdate=13 July 2014 |language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102121235/http://www.albaberlin.de/team/kader-20142015.html |archivedate=2 January 2015 }} Seiferth redshirted his sophomore year in college due to NCAA transfer rules.

The first club he competed with was Marzahner Basket Bären, joining in 2006. Seiferth helped the Alba Berlin youth team win the Nachwuchs Basketball Bundesliga League (NBBL) in the 2008–09 season after finishing as runners-up at the conclusion of the team's preceding year.{{cite web|title=Eastern’s Seiferth signs with German professional club|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/jul/08/easterns-seiferth-signs-with-german-professional/|website=Spokesman.com|accessdate=18 July 2014}}