Marcel Correia (born 16 May 1989) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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Early life and career

Correia was born to Portuguese parents in

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...

, but does not hold German citizenship. In 1995, he joined the youth system of his hometown club

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

and was promoted to the club's reserve side in 2008. In 2011, Correia transferred to 2. Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig. At the end of the 2016–17 season and after two years of captaining the team, he was released by Braunschweig. In this time there, he made 19

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and 94 2. Bundesliga appearances. In June 2017, Correia returned to his boyhood club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, also of the 2. Bundesliga, signing a three-year contract. Due to Kaiserslautern's relegation to the

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at the end of the 2017–18 season, he became a free agent and joined

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regen ...

. For the 2022–23 season, Correia signed with

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga from the 2023–24 2. Bundesliga, 2023–24 season following promotion from the 3. Liga ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Correia, Marcel 1989 births Living people Footballers from Kaiserslautern Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Men's association football defenders 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players SSV Jahn Regensburg players SC Paderborn 07 players SV Elversberg players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 3. Liga players German people of Portuguese descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen