Vico Meien (born 15 March 1998) is a German

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German footb ...

Career

Meien made his professional debut for TSV Havelse in the

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on 24 July 2021 against

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. After TSV Havelse was relegated, Meien signed with

VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, tab ...

in the

ahead of the 2022–23 season, signing a contract until June 2024. He immediately became a regular starter and helped the team fight against relegation. While Aalen narrowly avoided relegation in his first season, they finished in a relegation position at the end of the 2023–24 campaign. Despite this, the season ended on a positive note when Aalen won the 2023–24

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(

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) by defeating

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4–1 in the final, securing qualification for the

2024–25 DFB-Pokal The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal was the 82nd season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 16 Au ...

. Following the expiration of his contract, Meien left Aalen after 75 total appearances and joined

, who had finished second in the Regionalliga Südwest in 2024.

Honours

VfR Aalen *

: 2023–24

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* * * 1998 births Living people People from Bergen auf Rügen Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 players TSV Havelse players VfR Aalen players Stuttgarter Kickers players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-stub