Marcel Appiah
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 March 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Schwelm, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, right back | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1999 | TuS Ennepetal | ||
1999–2004 | Schalke 04 | ||
2004 | TSG Sprockhövel | ||
2005 | VfL Bochum | ||
2005–2007 | Wattenscheid 09 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | TSG Sprockhövel | 19 | (1) |
2008–2011 | Arminia Bielefeld II | 64 | (1) |
2010–2014 | Arminia Bielefeld | 106 | (5) |
2014–2016 | NEC | 50 | (0) |
2016–2018 | VfL Osnabrück | 61 | (0) |
2019 | Birmingham Legion | 3 | (0) |
2019–2021 | VfR Aalen | 44 | (0) |
2021–2024 | VfB Oldenburg | 77 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:30, 4 July 2024 (UTC) |
Marcel Appiah (born 26 March 1988) is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back or right-back for VfB Oldenburg. He previously played for Eredivisie club NEC, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Osnabrück, Birmingham Legion, and VfR Aalen.[1]
Early life
[edit]Appiah was born to a Ghanaian father and an Italian mother in Schwelm and grew up in Ennepetal.
Career
[edit]Appiah played in the youth for TuS Ennepetal, FC Schalke 04, TSG Sprockhövel, VfL Bochum and SG Wattenscheid.[2] He made his professional debut in the 2. Bundesliga on 24 April 2010 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[3]
Personal life
[edit]His uncle is the former Italian footballer and current German SPD politician Giuseppe Bianco.[4]
Honours
[edit]NEC
References
[edit]- ^ "Marcel Appiah" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Münch, Achim (29 May 2008). "Marcel Appiah wechselt nach Bielefeld" (in German). derwesten.de. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Ex-TSG-Spieler Marcel Appiah feiert Zweitliga-Debüt" (in German). tsg-fans.de. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Lützenberger, Heinz-G. (24 April 2010). "Fußball: Ennepetaler Marcel Appiah mit Profi-Premiere" (in German). derwesten.de. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links
[edit]- Marcel Appiah at WorldFootball.net
- Marcel Appiah at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Schwelm
- Footballers from Arnsberg (region)
- German sportspeople of Italian descent
- German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- TSG Sprockhövel players
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- VfL Osnabrück players
- Birmingham Legion FC players
- VfR Aalen players
- VfB Oldenburg players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- German football defender, 1980s birth stubs