Marc Pfertzel

Marc Pfertzel (born 21 May 1981) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right winger or right wing-back, and manager of French club FU Narbonne.

Marc Pfertzel

Pfertzel in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Marc Pfertzel
Date of birth	(1981-05-21) 21 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Mulhouse, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right winger, right wing-back
Team information
Current team	FU Narbonne (Manager)
Youth career
1995–1999	Mulhouse
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	FC Basel
2001	Sochaux[1]
2001–2002	Troyes[2]
2002–2003	Sète	36	(4)
2003–2007	Livorno	106	(4)
2007–2010	VfL Bochum	76	(2)
2009–2010	→ VfL Bochum II	2	(0)
2011	Kavala	11	(1)
2011–2014	Union Berlin	87	(2)
2014–2015	SV Sandhausen	8	(0)
2016–2017	Sète	10	(1)
2017–2018	Stade Balarucois
Managerial career
2018–2019	Sète (reserves)
2019–	FU Narbonne
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

France

Born in Mulhouse, Pfertzel started his career in the youth team of his local club FC Mulhouse in Alsace.

In 2001–02, Pfertzel moved to Ligue 1 club ES Troyes AC, but played onlyfor the reserve team.^{[citation needed]} So he decided to leave the club after only one season and moved Championnat National club FC Sète 34. In the 2002–03 season, he played 36 matches for the club from Southern France.

Livorno

Again he stayed only for one season at a club. In July 2003, Pfertzel moved to Italian Serie B club AS Livorno. The club was promoted in his first season into the Serie A and Pfertzel played 84 matches in that league. The highlight of his AS Livorno period was the qualification to the UEFA Cup in the 2006–07 season. Since Juventus FC, S.S. Lazio and ACF Fiorentina were punished because of the 2006 Serie A scandal, Livorno climbed from the ninth to the sixth spot and was allowed to play in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Livorno did quite well and was eliminated in the round of the last 32 by later finalist Espanyol Barcelona.

VfL Bochum

In the summer of 2007, Pfertzel moved to German Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. He signed a four-year contract which was valid in the first and second Bundesliga. To make this transfer happening, Pfertzel even accepted a lower salary so that this money could be invested in the transfer fee.^{[citation needed]}

Union Berlin

On 25 May 2011, it was announced that Pfertzel had secured a free transfer to German 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Union Berlin on a two-year deal.

SV Sandhausen

In July 2014, Pfertzel left Union Berlin and joined fellow 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen. However, he only earned caps in the first leg of the campaign, being told to be redundant by head coach Alois Schwartz in the winter break. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Pfertzel retired from professional football.^[3]

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of the 2017–18 season, Pfertzel became the manager of the reserve of his former club FC Sète 34.^[4][5] In the summer 2019, he was appointed manager of FU Narbonne.^[5]

Personal life

Upon his retirement from professional football in 2015, he moved back to his native France, settling in Paris. There he works for an insurance company, specializing in serving athletes.^[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Basel	1999–00	Nationalliga A					–
	2000–01						–
	Total						0	0
Sochaux	2000–01	Division 2							–
Troyes	2001–02	Division 1
FC Sète 34	2002–03	Division 3	36	4					–
AS Livorno	2003–04	Serie B	20	0			–		–
	2004–05	Serie A	26	0			–		–
	2005–06		29	2			–		–
	2006–07		30	2			–		7	0
	Total		105	4					7	0
VfL Bochum	2007–08	Bundesliga	28	0	1	0	–		–		29	0
	2008–09		27	2	2	1	–		–		29	3
	2009–10		18	0	2	0	–		–		20	0
	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
	Total		76	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	82	3
VfL Bochum II	2009–10	Regionalliga West	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
Kavala	2010–11	Superleague	1	1	0	0	–		–		0	0
Union Berlin	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	29	1	1	0	–		–		30	1
	2012–13		24	1	2	0	–		–		26	1
	Total		53	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	56	2
Career total

References

1. "SAISON 2001-2002" (in French). Troyes AC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
2. "Pfertzel, Marc" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
3. "Marc Pfertzel : "Ich vermisse die Eisernen"" [Marc Pfertzel : "I Miss the Iron Ones"] (in German). berliner-kurier.de. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
4. Marc Pfertzel : « Je tiens à être très clair, c’est mon choix de partir », footballclub34.fr, 7 June 2019
5. Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu

External links

• Marc Pfertzel at Soccerway
• Marc Pfertzel – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)