Marcel Heister (born 29 July 1992) is a German football defender. He plays for Fehérvár in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28 ...

Career

A native of

Gammertingen Gammertingen () is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 18 km north of Sigmaringen. Geography Geographical location Gammertingen is located on the Swabian Jura in the valley of the Lauchert ...

, he played for the local side before moving to the bigger

SSV Reutlingen 05 SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...

, where he remained until he moved, at the age of 18, to the youth side of

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1 ...

. He stayed there for two seasons, playing for the U19 and the reserve sides, before moving on to Croatia. He joined the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

side

NK Zadar Nogometni klub Zadar ( en, Football Club Zadar), commonly referred to as NK Zadar or simply Zadar, was a Croatian association football, football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast, best known for playing in the top flight of Croa ...

in the summer of 2012, and made his debut on 1 September 2012, in the 1–1 home draw with

NK Istra 1961 Nogometni klub Istra 1961 ( en, Istra 1961 Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Istra 1961, or simply Istra 1961 or Istra, is a Croatian professional football club from Pula, currently playing in the Croatian First League. It is a commo ...

, coming in the 80th minute for

Mario Bilen Mario Bilen (born 23 January 1985 in Vinkovci, Croatia) is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays for NRFL Division 2 club Ngaruawahia United. Club career A stalwart in Croatia's top-flight, the 1.HNL. and youth national teams ...

. After scoring an own goal in the 4–1 home win against

HNK Cibalia Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second tier league. Their stadium ...

, he scored his first

goal on 22 February 2013 in the 2–1 away loss to

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian amateur football club based in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of ...

, in a match where he was subsequently sent off. An offensively-oriented player at first, his position was eventually to left-back, albeit an offensively-oriented one. In the summer of 2014, he transferred to NK Istra 1961. In July 2016 Heister signed for

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Je ...

. He departed the club at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Ferencváros

In July 2018 he signed for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros ...

. On 16 June 2020, he became champion with Ferencváros by beating

Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its association football, football team ...

at the

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The stadium was opened on 13 October 2016. It was renamed after the MTK Budapest and Hungary footballer Nándor Hidegkuti (1922–2002). It is current ...

on the 30th match day of the

2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2019–20 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 121st season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named ''OTP Bank Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. Ferencváros were the ...

season. On 29 September 2020, he was member of the Ferencváros team which qualified for the

2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 20 October 2020 and ended on 9 December 2020. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. Krasnodar, ...

after beating

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to ...

on 3-3 aggregate (away goals) at the

Groupama Aréna Groupama an abbreviation for Groupe des Assurances Mutuelles Agricoles ( en , Group of Mutual Agricultural Insurances) is a French insurance group headquartered in Paris with operations in 10 countries. It is listed in the 2007 ICA Global 300 ...

Personal life

Heister is of partial Croatian and

Danube Swabian The Danube Swabians (german: Donauschwaben ) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in various countries of central-eastern Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in grea ...

descent, and his paternal grandparents Josef Heister and Danica Marić moved along with his father Lukas to Germany from

Cerna, Croatia Cerna (german: Asorn) is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia. Geography It is located half-way between the cities of Vinkovci and Županja. It is located on four rivers, Biđ, Bosut, Berava, Bitulja, Krajc channel and Kaluđer chan ...

.Heister: U Njemačkoj su bolji uvjeti za nogomet, ali ovdje se živi opuštenije
at Zadarski List

Honours

Ferencváros *

: 2018–19,

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heister, Marcel 1992 births Living people German people of Croatian descent Danube-Swabian people Association football fullbacks Association football wingers German footballers SSV Reutlingen 05 players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players NK Zadar players NK Istra 1961 players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Fehérvár FC players Croatian Football League players Israeli Premier League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players German expatriate sportspeople in Israel German expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Hungary Footballers from Baden-Württemberg