Marvin Mehlem (born 11 September 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

Club career

Darmstadt 98

Mehlem joined

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was bri ...

from his boyhood 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. He would stay with them for seven years, being a part of the side that got The Lilies into the

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for only the third time in their history.

Hull City

Following top flight relegation three months earlier, Mehlem signed a two-year deal with

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club

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on 1 August 2024 for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut for the Tigers on the opening day of the 2024–25 season, a 1–1 home draw with

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on 10 August 2024. Mehlem was substituted for fellow summer signing Finley Burns in the dying embers of the game, having just won his new side the penalty which would eventually secure them their first point of the season. He got his first goal for the club just a few days later, on 14 August 2024, scoring Hull's only goal in their 2–1 home defeat to

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in the first round of the

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. On 3 January 2025, Mehlem returned to Germany, joining 2. Bundesliga side

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 ...

on loan for the remainder of the season.

Arminia Bielefeld

On 8 July 2025, Mehlem returned to Germany on a permanent basis, joining 2. Bundesliga club

for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Mehlem is a former

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youth international, representing his country between U16 and U19 levels.

Career statistics

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* 1997 births Living people Footballers from Karlsruhe German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Karlsruher SC players SV Darmstadt 98 players Hull City A.F.C. players SC Paderborn 07 players Arminia Bielefeld players 2. Bundesliga players English Football League players Germany men's youth international footballers German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub