Marcus Piossek (born 21 July 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for BV Herne-Süd. 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. Geo ...

, Piossek first played for SV Lippstadt 08 as a youth, before moving to

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

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 The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

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 Novemb ...

. In June 2010, he moved to

Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...

on a one-year contract. After 2010–11 season, he joined 2.Bundesliga club

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

. 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 well ...

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 success since the turn of the millenni ...

International career

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

German Football Association The German Football Association ( ; DFB ) is the governing body of Association football, football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and ...

. He played one game for Germany under-20s against

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

, before switching his allegiance to Poland. On 17 November 2009, he made his single appearance for the Poland under-21 team against

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

.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 Footballers from Arnsberg (region) German people of Polish descent Polish men's footballers German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's youth international footballers Poland men's 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 SC Westfalia Herne players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen