Marcel Gottschling (born 14 May 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SSV Jeddeloh.

Marcel Gottschling
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Oldenburg, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
SSV Jeddeloh
Number 21
Youth career
2002–2013 VfB Oldenburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 VfB Oldenburg II 23 (1)
2013–2015 VfB Oldenburg 32 (3)
2015–2016 Hansa Rostock 20 (0)
2016 Hansa Rostock II 9 (4)
2016–2017 Viktoria Köln 26 (3)
2017–2018 SSV Jeddeloh 31 (4)
2018–2021 Viktoria Köln 58 (0)
2021–2022 Waldhof Mannheim 15 (0)
2022– SSV Jeddeloh 41 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2024

Early life edit

Gottschling was born in Oldenburg.[1]

Career edit

Gottschling joined the academy of hometown club VfB Oldenburg in 2002.[2] Having previously played for their reserve side,[3] Gottschling made his debut for their first team on 30 November 2013 in a 2–0 Regionalliga Nord win away to Eintracht Braunschweig II.[4] After coming on as a substitute to make his debut in the 70th minute, Gottschling scored his first senior goal in the 89th minute to put Oldenburg 2–0 up.[4] He made 8 appearances for Oldenburg's first team, scoring once, across the 2013–14 season.[1] He played 24 times for Oldenburg during the 2014–15 season, scoring two goals.[1]

Gottschling joined 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock on a three-year contract.[5] He made his professional debut for Hansa Rostock in the 3. Liga on 25 July 2015, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute for Michael Gardawski in the 2–1 away defeat to Werder Bremen II.[1][6] After making 20 league appearances for Hansa Rostock over the 2015–16 season,[1] he left the club at the end of the season despite having two years remaining on his contract.[7][8]

In July 2016, Gottschling signed for Regionalliga West side Viktoria Köln on a one-year contract.[9] Gottschling made his debut for the club in a 4–1 defeat at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach II on 6 August 2016.[1] He played 26 times for Viktoria across the regular season as they finished first and qualified for the promotion play-offs.[1][10] He played in both legs of their promotion play-off match with Carl Zeiss Jena as Viktoria missed out on promotion due to the away-goals rule.[1][11][12] He left Viktoria Köln at the end of the season following the expiry of his contract.[13]

He joined SSV Jeddeloh in summer 2018,[14] where he made 28 appearances in the 2017–18 Regionalliga Nord.[1] On 25 August 2018, his contract at SSV Jeddeloh was terminated by mutual consent after three league appearances in the 2018–19 season.[1][15]

After one year at SSV Jeddeloh, Gottschling returned to Viktoria Köln in August 2018.[16] He made 15 league appearances for Viktoria Köln in the 2018–19 season as they finished top and were promoted to the 3. Liga.[1][17] In June 2019, he extended his contract by a further year.[18] He made 33 league appearances in the 2019–20 3. Liga, and 10 league appearances in the 2020–21 3. Liga.[1]

On 14 January 2021, Gottschling signed for Waldhof Mannheim following the termination of his contract at Viktoria Köln.[19][20]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Marcel Gottschling at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Marcel Gottschling". kicker (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Marcel Gottschling". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b Wittig, Wolfgang (1 December 2013). "Fußball: VfB-Debütant Gottschling tritt bei 2:0-Sieg". Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Baumann bleibt am Ruder der Hansa-Kogge". kicker (in German). 29 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Hansa Rostock – Werder Bremen II 1:2 (3. Liga 2015/2016, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. ^ Rehberg, Kai (30 May 2016). "Abschied nach einem Jahr: Gottschling verlässt Hansa". Sportbuzzer.de (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  8. ^ Koch, Julian (30 May 2016). "Bericht: Marcel Gottschling verlässt Rostock nach einem Jahr". liga3-online.de (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Viktoria Köln verpflichtet Gottschling". kicker (in German). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Regionalliga West Tabelle 2016/17". kicker (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Candan sorgt für Zitterspiel: Jena steigt in die 3. Liga auf!". kicker (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  12. ^ Breitenberger, Andreas (17 May 2017). "Viktoria Köln: Interview mit Marcel Gottschling". www.liga-drei.de (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  13. ^ Wozniak, Krystian (3 July 2017). "Torwart-Trio noch ohne neue Arbeitgeber". Reviersport (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Jeddeloh präsentiert drei Neue". Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  15. ^ Richters, Hauke; Zur Brügge, Jan. "Fabian Burdenski verstärkt Jeddelohs Mittelfeld". Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  16. ^ Wozniak, Krystian (26 August 2018). "Viktoria holt Offensivmann zurück". Reviersport (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Regionalliga West Tabelle 2018/19". kicker (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  18. ^ Richters, Hauke (14 June 2019). "Drittligist Köln bindet Gottschling". Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  19. ^ ""Andere Perspektive": Gottschling folgt Glöckner nach Mannheim". kicker (in German). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  20. ^ "SV Waldhof holt Marcel Gottschling". Mannheimer Morgen (in German). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

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