Marcus Piossek (born 21 July 1989) 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 ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football ...

. Born in Germany, he has represented both Germany and Poland at youth level.

Club career

Born in

Lippstadt Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn. G ...

, Marcus Piossek first played for

SV Lippstadt 08 SV Lippstadt is a German association football club from the city of Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. __TOC__ History The two predecessors of the current-day club were both established in March 1908. ''Borussia Lippstadt'' was founded 24 Ma ...

as a youth, before moving to

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

in 2004. From the 2006–07 season he was sporadically deployed in the second senior team in the Regionalliga. On 25 July 2009, he made his professional debut in the 3. Liga in the season opener 4–3 defeat at

Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. History The club was founded on 13 Novem ...

. In June 2010, he moved to Rot Weiss Ahlen on a one-year contract. After 2010–11 season, he joined 2.Bundesliga club

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...

. In 2017,

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as wel ...

announced the signing of Piossek on a two-year contract from

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

International career

In 2009 Piossek was appointed for the first time in a selection team of the

German Football Association The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of Association football, football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system ...

. He played one game for Germany U20 against Switzerland U20, before switching his allegiance to Poland. On 17 November 2009, he made his single appearance for the Polish under-21 national team against Romania U21.U-21: Rumunia 2:1 Polska
17 November 2009, 90minut.pl

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piossek, Marcus Living people 1989 births People from Lippstadt Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) German people of Polish descent Citizens of Poland through descent Polish footballers German footballers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Association football midfielders Germany youth international footballers Poland under-21 international footballers Borussia Dortmund II players SC Preußen Münster players VfL Osnabrück players Rot Weiss Ahlen players Karlsruher SC players Karlsruher SC II players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SC Paderborn 07 players Sportfreunde Lotte players SV Meppen players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players