Marcel Hartel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St. Louis City SC | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2002 | SC West Köln | ||
| 2002–2016 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | 1. FC Köln II | 37 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | 1. FC Köln | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Union Berlin | 54 | (4) |
| 2019–2021 | Arminia Bielefeld | 55 | (1) |
| 2021–2024 | FC St. Pauli | 98 | (24) |
| 2024– | St. Louis City SC | 43 | (12) |
| International career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Germany U21 | 9 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:12, 22 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Marcel Hartel (born 19 January 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as midfielder[1][2] for Major League Soccer side St. Louis City SC.[3]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Early career
[edit | edit source]Born in Cologne, Hartel started playing football as a youth for SC West Köln. In 2002, he joined 1. FC Köln's youth system.[4] He was able to move through the club's youth ranks and made his Bundesliga debut on 20 February 2016, in a 1–0 away defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach.[5] During the 2016–17 season, he made 12 appearances for 1. FC Köln's reserves, scoring three goals and contributing five assists.[4]
Union Berlin
[edit | edit source]In May 2017, Union Berlin announced the signing of Hartel on a three-year deal.[4] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Arminia Bielefeld. On 31 January 2019, he scored against his former side, Köln, after controlling the ball up into the air and hitting a stunning bicycle kick. The goal was voted Goal of the Month by viewers of Sportschau on ARD,[6] and later also Goal of the Year.[7]
Arminia Bielefeld
[edit | edit source]On 27 July 2019, after playing a key role in Union Berlin's historic promotion to the Bundesliga, Hartel joined Arminia Bielefeld.[8] In the 2019–20 season, he was part of the title-winning team winning promotion to the Bundesliga.[9] He showed a strong performance during pre-season, and he became one of the undisputed regulars of Arminia at the start of the 2020–21 season. This led him to appear in all the games in the first half of the season.[10] As head coach Uwe Neuhaus was replaced by Frank Kramer in March 2021,[11] Hartel lost his place in midfield.[12] He finished the season with 22 league appearances[13] and one in the cup by the end of the season, as they were eliminated in the first round against Regionalliga side Rot-Weiss Essen.[14]
FC St. Pauli
[edit | edit source]Hartel joined 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli on 10 August 2021 on an undisclosed deal.[15]
St. Louis City SC
[edit | edit source]On 2 July 2024, Hartel signed for Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC on a four-year contract as a Designated Player.[16]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 20 October 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1. FC Köln II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga West | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Regionalliga West | 20 | 4 | — | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga West | 12 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| Total | 39 | 7 | — | — | 39 | 7 | ||||
| 1. FC Köln | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Union Berlin | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| Total | 54 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 4 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 55 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 58 | 1 | |||
| FC St. Pauli | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 17 | 4 | 4 | — | 37 | 21 | ||
| Total | 98 | 24 | 9 | 4 | — | 107 | 28 | |||
| St. Louis City | 2024 | MLS | 9 | 3 | — | 4[b] | 2 | 13 | 5 | |
| Career total | 263 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 285 | 45 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
Honours
[edit | edit source]Arminia Bielefeld
FC St. Pauli
- 2. Bundesliga: 2023–24
Individual
- Sportschau Goal of the Month: January 2019[6]
- Sportschau Goal of the Year: 2019[7]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Marcel Hartel at SoccerwayLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Marcel Hartel at DFB (also available in German)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1996 births
- Living people
- German men's footballers
- Footballers from Cologne
- Men's association football midfielders
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- 1. FC Köln players
- 1. FC Köln II players
- 1. FC Union Berlin players
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- FC St. Pauli players
- St. Louis City SC players
- Designated Players (MLS)
- German expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- German expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- Major League Soccer players