Robert Nesta Glatzel (born 8 January 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for 2. Bundesliga club

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Early life

Glatzel was born in

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to an Eritrean father and a German mother.

Career

Born in

, Glatzel joined SC Fürstenfeldbruck, before he switched to

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league ...

. In 2012, Glatzel joined the youth academy of

1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; ''sechzig'' locally ; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of the German football pyramid. Their current home gr ...

. After one year in the Munich-quarter of

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, he joined fourth-tier side

SV Heimstetten SV Heimstetten is a German association football club based in Kirchheim in the district of Munich, Bavaria. History The club was founded in 1967 and in addition to a football team has departments for basketball, gymnastics, Judo, table tenni ...

and in September 2013, he switched to Wacker Burghausen in the professional

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. After struggling to maintain a regular place in Burghausen, Glatzel returned to 1860 Munich and played for the reserve team. In 2015, he left

and joined the 2. Bundesliga side

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

. Glatzel played for the reserve team and for the first team; for the latter, he made 19 appearances in the second division, scoring four goals. In 2017, Glatzel joined 1. FC Heidenheim. On 3 April 2019, Glatzel played in a 5–4 defeat in the quarter-final match of the 2018-19 DFB-Pokal against top-flight

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and scored three goals.

Cardiff City

On 31 July 2019, Glatzel signed for

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side

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. He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 victory over

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on 10 August. He scored his first goal for Cardiff on 13 September 2019 in a 1–1 draw away at Derby County.

Loan to Mainz 05

On 1 February 2021, Glatzel joined German club

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

on a loan deal until the end of the season.

Hamburger SV

On 1 July 2021, Glatzel then joined German club

on a €1,000,000 fee. He then scored a goal in his debut match to help the club win over

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, ...

in a 3–1 victory on 23 July 2021.

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