Marc Pfertzel (born 21 May 1981) is a French former professional

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who played as a right winger or

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, and manager of French club FU Narbonne.

Career

France

Born in Mulhouse, Pfertzel started his career in the youth team of his local club FC Mulhouse in Alsace. In 2001–02, Pfertzel moved to

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club ES Troyes AC, but played onlyfor the reserve team. So he decided to leave the club after only one season and moved Championnat National club

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. In the 2002–03 season, he played 36 matches for the club from Southern France.

Livorno

Again he stayed only for one season at a club. In July 2003, Pfertzel moved to Italian Serie B club

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. The club was promoted in his first season into the Serie A and Pfertzel played 84 matches in that league. The highlight of his

period was the qualification to the UEFA Cup in the 2006–07 season. Since Juventus F.C.,

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and

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were punished because of the

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, Livorno climbed from the ninth to the sixth spot and was allowed to play in the

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. Livorno did quite well and was eliminated in the round of the last 32 by later finalist

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VfL Bochum

In the summer of 2007, Pfertzel moved to German Bundesliga club

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. He signed a four-year contract which was valid in the first and second Bundesliga. To make this transfer happening, Pfertzel even accepted a lower salary so that this money could be invested in the transfer fee.

Union Berlin

On 25 May 2011, it was announced that Pfertzel had secured a free transfer to German 2. Bundesliga side

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on a two-year deal.

SV Sandhausen

In July 2014, Pfertzel left Union Berlin and joined fellow 2. Bundesliga club

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. However, he only earned caps in the first leg of the campaign, being told to be redundant by head coach

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in the winter break. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Pfertzel retired from professional football.

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of the 2017–18 season, Pfertzel became the manager of the reserve of his former club

.Marc Pfertzel : « Je tiens à être très clair, c’est mon choix de partir »
footballclub34.fr, 7 June 2019Profile at Footballdatabase
footballdatabase.eu In the summer 2019, he was appointed manager of FU Narbonne.

Personal life

Upon his retirement from professional football in 2015, he moved back to his native France, settling in Paris. There he works for an insurance company, specializing in serving athletes.

Career statistics

References

External links

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