Marco Höger
 Marco Höger in 2015 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Marco Höger | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1989 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Cologne, West Germany | ||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Right back | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1994–2001 | TuS Höhenhaus | ||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Alemannia Aachen | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||
| 2008–2011 | Alemannia Aachen II | 39 | (7) | ||||||
| 2009–2011 | Alemannia Aachen | 43 | (7) | ||||||
| 2011–2016 | Schalke 04 | 86 | (7) | ||||||
| 2016– | 1. FC Köln | 0 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:46, 27 September 2015 (UTC). | |||||||||
Marco Höger (born 16 September 1989, in Cologne) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right back for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.
Career
Alemannia Aachen
Höger began his career in 2005 in Alemannia Aachen's youth academy.[1] In summer 2008, he was promoted to the reserve team where he earned his first senior cap on 17 August 2008 against TSV Germania Windeck in the NRW-Liga.[2] He made his professional debut for Alemannia Aachen in the 2. Bundesliga on 6 March 2010 against FC Energie Cottbus[3] and signed his first professional contract with Alemannia on 26 May 2010.[4]
Schalke 04
On 9 June 2011, FC Schalke 04 confirmed that Höger signed a 3-year professional contract with them until 30 June 2014.[5] The transfer fee is reported as undisclosed by Schalke's sport and communications manager Horst Heldt.[5] Marco Höger was assigned a number 12 shirt, previously worn by Peer Kluge.[5]
On 8 January 2013, Schalke announced that Höger signed a two-year professional contract extension to 30 June 2016.[5]
Following Schalke 04's 2-0 defeat to rivals 1. FC Köln, on 10 May 2015, Höger was suspended from training and first team action until 16 May 2015.[6]
1. FC Köln
On 22 February 2016, Höger signed a five year contract with 1. FC Köln starting in the 2016/17 season.[7]
Honours
Club
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
| Alemannia Aachen | 2. Bundesliga | 2009–10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | [8] |
| 2010–11 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10 | |||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10 | |||
| Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 2011–12 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 87 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 7 | |||
| Career Total | 130 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 17 | |||
| Last updated: 26 September 2015 | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Stieber kommt, Höger wird Profi" (in German). az-web.de. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Höger, Marco" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Petersen bringt Cottbus auf die Siegerstraße" (in German). kicker.de. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Zoltán Stieber wird ein Schwarz-Gelber" (in German). Alemannia Aachen. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 "Marco Höger signs extension to stay at Schalke through 2016". SB Nation. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sidney Sam suspended by Schalke". BBC Sport. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ↑ "Höger wechselt zum fc". 1. FC Köln. 22 Feb 2016. Retrieved 22 Feb 2016.
- ↑ Marco Höger profile at Soccerway
External links
- Marco Höger profile at Fussballdaten
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