Marcel Laurenz Lotka (born 25 May 2001) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for 2. Bundesliga club

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

. Born in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, he represented

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

as a youth international.

Career

In March 2022, Lotka signed a two-year contract with

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund, currently playing in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. The team won the Regionalliga West in 2009 and became the second ...

, starting in the 2022–23 season, but after several games in the starting line-up of

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football league system, German footbal ...

with positive acclaim, the Berlin-based club started exploring options to reverse the deal and keep the player for the next season. However, this appeal was unsuccessful; in May 2022, Lotka's move to Dortmund was officially confirmed. On 9 July 2025, he signed with 2. Bundesliga club

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at the Borussia Dortmund website * 2001 births Living people Footballers from Duisburg Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers German men's footballers German people of Polish descent Men's association football goalkeepers MSV Duisburg players FC Schalke 04 players Rot-Weiss Essen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Hertha BSC II players Hertha BSC players Borussia Dortmund II players Borussia Dortmund players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Regionalliga players 3. Liga players Bundesliga players 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-goalkeeper-stub