Tom Mickel
{{short description|German footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Tom Mickel
|image = 2025-03-10 Tom Mickel HSV 1.jpg
|image_size = 200
|alt = Tom Mickel
|caption = Tom Mickel (2025)
|fullname = Tom Lutz-Hans Mickel{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2009/pdf/FWYC_2009_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 – List of Players: Germany |work=FIFA |page=8 |date=6 November 2009 |access-date=28 September 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015515/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2009/pdf/FWYC_2009_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|19|df=y}}
|birth_place = Hoyerswerda, East Germany
|height = 1.86 m
|position = Goalkeeper
|currentclub = Hamburger SV
|clubnumber = 12
|youthyears1 = 1994–2003
|youthclubs1 = Lausitz Hoyerswerda
|youthyears2 = 2003–2006
|youthclubs2 = Energie Cottbus
|years1 = 2006–2009
|clubs1 = Energie Cottbus II
|caps1 = 8
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2009–2012
|clubs2 = Hamburger SV II
|caps2 = 66
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2013–2015
|clubs3 = Greuther Fürth
|caps3 = 6
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2013–2015
|clubs4 = Greuther Fürth II
|caps4 = 23
|goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2015–
|clubs5 = Hamburger SV II
|caps5 = 45
|goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2016–
|clubs6 = Hamburger SV
|caps6 = 5
|goals6 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2005
|nationalteam1 = Germany U16
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2006
|nationalteam2 = Germany U17
|nationalcaps2 = 1
|nationalgoals2 = 0
|nationalyears3 = 2007
|nationalteam3 = Germany U18
|nationalcaps3 = 2
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|nationalyears4 = 2007–2008
|nationalteam4 = Germany U19
|nationalcaps4 = 4
|nationalgoals4 = 0
|nationalyears5 = 2008–2009
|nationalteam5 = Germany U20
|nationalcaps5 = 3
|nationalgoals5 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{medalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2008|}}
|club-update = 20:51, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
|nationalteam-update = 14 November 2020
}}
Tom Lutz-Hans Mickel (born 19 April 1989) is a German professional goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He is a youth international for Germany.{{cite web | url=http://datencenter.dfb.de/profil/100501 | title=Tom Mickel Personenprofil }}
A career backup, Mickel has spent most of his professional career at Hamburger SV apart from a two-year stint at Greuther Fürth. He has also gained 12 caps for various German national youth teams.
Club career
=Early career=
Mickel played in the youth departments of FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda and then Energie Cottbus,{{cite web|title=Tom Mickel|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tom-mickel/|publisher=World Football|accessdate=18 May 2016}} where he was promoted to the first team ahead of the 2007–08 season and mostly competed in the second team.
=Hamburger SV=
For the 2009–10 season, Mickel moved to Hamburger SV. There, he signed a professional contract until 30 June 2012, which was extended in October 2011 by one year, to 2013.{{cite news |title=HSV verlängert mit Tom Mickel bis 2013 |url=http://www.hsv.de/teams/meldungen/bundesliga/oktober-2011/hsv-verlaengert-mit-tom-mickel-bis-2013/ |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Hamburger SV |date=19 October 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123140717/http://www.hsv.de/teams/meldungen/bundesliga/oktober-2011/hsv-verlaengert-mit-tom-mickel-bis-2013/ |archivedate=23 January 2015 |language=German}} During his time in Hamburg, Mickel was continuously number two or three in the goalkeeper depth chart. In three and a half years, Frank Rost, Jaroslav Drobný and René Adler were preferred to him. He therefore mainly appeared for the second team, Hamburger SV II, in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord.
=Greuther Fürth=
During the winter break of the 2012–13 season, Mickel moved to league rivals SpVgg Greuther Fürth six months before the expiration of his contract.{{cite news |title=Tom Mickel wechselt zur SpVgg Greuther Fürth |url=http://www.hsv.de/teams/meldungen/bundesliga/2012/dezember/tom-mickel-wechselt-zur-spvgg-greuther-fuerth/ |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Hamburger SV |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406062919/http://www.hsv.de/teams/meldungen/bundesliga/2012/dezember/tom-mickel-wechselt-zur-spvgg-greuther-fuerth/ |archivedate=6 April 2013 |language=German}} He signed a contract there until 30 June 2015.{{cite news |title=SpVgg holt Tom Mickel vom HSV |url=http://www.greuther-fuerth.de/aktuell/aktuelle-news/news-detail/article/spvgg-holt-tom-mickel-vom-hsv.html |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=SpVgg Greuther Fürth |date=27 December 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230061513/http://www.greuther-fuerth.de/aktuell/aktuelle-news/news-detail/article/spvgg-holt-tom-mickel-vom-hsv.html |archivedate=30 December 2012 |language=German}} There, he was utilised for the remainder of the 2012–13 season and the 2013–14 season, initially in the second team in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Bayern. Mickel made his professional debut on the 8th match-day of the 2013–14 season when he was substituted on for the injured Wolfgang Hesl in the 77th minute of the match against 1860 Munich. Five more appearances followed, in which he filled in for Hesl. Mickel would then mainly play for the second team again. After his contract expired, Mickel left the club on 30 June 2015.
=Return to Hamburger SV=
At the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Mickel completed a trial practice session at his former club Hamburger SV as part of the team's training camp in Graubünden in order to recommend himself for a permanent commitment.{{cite news |title=Brunst zum VfL Wolfsburg – Mickel ins Trainingslager |url=http://www.hsv.de/saison/meldungen-saison/bundesliga/2015/juli/brunst-nach-wolfsburg-mickel-ins-trainingslager/ |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Hamburger SV |date=3 July 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704132617/http://www.hsv.de/saison/meldungen-saison/bundesliga/2015/juli/brunst-nach-wolfsburg-mickel-ins-trainingslager/ |archivedate=4 July 2015 |language=German}} After the trial practice, Mickel was signed to the second team. He signed a contract until the end of the 2015–16 Regionalliga season.{{cite news |title=Tom Mickel neuer U23-Keeper |url=http://www.hsv.de/saison/meldungen-saison/bundesliga/2015/juli/tom-mickel-neuer-u23-keeper/ |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Hamburger SV |date=17 July 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080612/http://www.hsv.de/saison/meldungen-saison/bundesliga/2015/juli/tom-mickel-neuer-u23-keeper/ |archivedate=4 March 2016 |language=German}} On 14 May 2016, Mickel made his Bundesliga debut for HSV in a 3–1 win over FC Augsburg on the last match-day, which was made possible by injuries to René Adler and Andreas Hirzel.{{cite news |title=Gregoritsch vermiest Weinzierl den Abschied |url=https://www.kicker.de/augsburg-gegen-hsv-2016-bundesliga-2855478/analyse |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=kicker |date=14 May 2016 |language=German}} Mickel made 20 appearances in the Regionalliga for HSV II.
In the 2016–17 season, Mickel beat out Hirzel for the position as third goalkeeper of the first team. He also made his second Bundesliga appearance for HSV in Augsburg when FC Augsburg beat HSV 4–0 on 30 April 2017.{{cite news |title=Mavraj: "Definitiv nicht erstligawürdig" |url=https://www.kicker.de/mavraj_definitiv-nicht-erstligawuerdig-676932/artikel |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=kicker |date=30 April 2017 |language=German}} After the end of the season, Mickel extended his expiring contract with HSV until 2019.{{cite news |title=Tom Mickel bleibt beim HSV |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/tom-mickel-bleibt-beim-hsv |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Hamburger SV |date=8 June 2017 |language=German}} For the second team, Mickel was utilised in 17 games.
Towards the end of the first half of the 2017–18 season, Mickel was temporarily promoted to backup goalkeeper behind Christian Mathenia by head coach Markus Gisdol as the replacement of Julian Pollersbeck because of his good performances at practice.{{cite news |title=Pollersbeck ist vorerst nur noch die Nummer drei |url=https://www.kicker.de/pollersbeck-ist-vorerst-nur-noch-die-nummer-drei-711081/artikel |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=kicker |date=20 November 2017 |language=German}} During the season, Mickel made five times for the second team.
Before the 2018–19 season, in which HSV played in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time after relegation, Mickel extended his contract until 30 June 2021.{{cite news |title=HSV verlängert mit Tom Mickel |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/tom-mickel-bleibt-dem-hsv-treu |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Hamburger SV |date=8 June 2018 |language=German}} After Mathenia had left for newly promoted Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg, Mathenia was now the backup to new first keeper Pollersbeck ahead of Morten Behrens, who had been promoted from the second team to the professional squad. Mickel appeared for HSV in the DFB Cup first round matchup under new head coach Christian Titz against Oberliga club TuS Erndtebrück and under his successor Hannes Wolf he played 3 matches in the 2. Bundesliga after Pollersbeck fell out with an injury. He also made one appearance in the Regionalliga.
A new goalkeeper, Daniel Heuer Fernandes, was ahead of the 2019–20 season and subsequently named the starter by the new head coach Dieter Hecking. Mickel was preferred as the backup goalkeeper over Pollersbeck.{{cite news |title=HSV: Heuer Fernandes vor Mickel - Pollersbeck vorerst raus |url=https://www.kicker.de/hsv_heuer-fernandes-vor-mickel---pollersbeck-vorerst-raus-754183/artikel |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=kicker |date=26 July 2019 |language=German}} He also remained the backup when Heuer Fernandes was replaced by Pollersbeck on 31 May 2020, in a league match against SV Wehen Wiesbaden.{{cite news |title=Kinsombi kontert Letschert: HSV schlägt Wiesbaden mit Dusel |url=https://www.kicker.de/hsv-gegen-wiesbaden-2020-bundesliga-4589199/analyse |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=kicker |date=31 May 2020 |language=German}} From the following round, however, Heuer Fernandes was named backup to Pollersbeck with Mickel demoted to third option.{{cite news |title=Lee entreißt dem HSV den Sieg und Platz 2 |url=https://www.kicker.de/hsv-gegen-kiel-2020-bundesliga-4589209/analyse |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=kicker |date=8 June 2020 |language=German}} While Mickel did not play a competitive game for the first team, he made two appearances in the Regionalliga for the second team.
For the 2020–21 season, Mickel was named backup to new signing Sven Ulreich by new head coach Daniel Thioune, with Heuer Fernandes completing the goalkeeping trio as third option in the HSV goal.{{cite news |title=HSV: Keeper Pollersbeck ist wieder außen vor |url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/HSV-Keeper-Pollersbeck-ist-wieder-aussen-vor,hsv23908.html |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=NDR |date=7 September 2020 |language=German}}
At the end of the 24/25 season, the season HSV promoted, he announced his retirement from football.
International career
Mickel made two appearances for the Germany U16 team in March 2005. Between September and November 2007, he was played in three games for the Germany under-19 team. At the under-19 level, Bender was a part of the team that won the 2008 European Under-19 Championship. Between September 2008 and May 2009, Mickel made three appearances for the Germany U20 side.{{cite web |title=Tom Mickel - Spielerprofil - DFB |url=https://www.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/tom-mickel/spieler |publisher=German Football Association |accessdate=16 November 2020}}
Personal life
Mickel was born in Hoyerswerda, East Germany on 19 April 1989.
Career statistics
{{updated|10 November 2023.}}
| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club | rowspan="2"|Season | colspan="3"|League | colspan="2"|Cup | colspan="2"|Other | colspan="2"|Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| rowspan="4"|Energie Cottbus II | 2006–07 | Oberliga NOFV-Süd | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | rowspan="2"|Regionalliga Nord | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Hamburger SV II | 2009–10 | rowspan="4"|Regionalliga Nord | 31 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 21 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 66 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 66 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Greuther Fürth II | 2012–13 | rowspan="3"|Regionalliga Bayern | 9 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 23 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Greuther Fürth | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| rowspan="7"|Hamburger SV II | 2015–16 | rowspan="6"|Regionalliga Nord | 20 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 34 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="10"|Hamburger SV | 2015–16 | rowspan="3"|Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 |
| |2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| |2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| |2018–19 | rowspan="6"|2. Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |
| |2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| |2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| |2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| |2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| |2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total | 142 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | |
| colspan="11"|Source:{{cite web|title=Tom Mickel » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tom-mickel/2/|publisher=World Football|accessdate=18 May 2016}} |
Honours
=International=
;Germany
References
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{{Hamburger SV squad}}
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Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
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Category:Hamburger SV II players
Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:FC Energie Cottbus players
Category:FC Energie Cottbus II players
Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth II players
Category:People from Hoyerswerda
Category:Oberliga (football) players