Marcel Halstenberg is a German Association Football player who plays in a Bundesliga side club RB Leipzig and the German National Team. He is the player with the ability to play as center-back as well as left-back. He wears jersey number 23. Halstenberg has been playing football since 1999 with SV GEermanaia Grasdorf when he was about 7 years old.
RB Leipzig jersey number 23 started his football career playing with Germania Grasdorf before joining Hannover 96. He is one of the richest football players and is listed as the most popular Association Football player in the world.
The RB Leipzig jersey number 23, Halstenberg was born on 27 September 1991 in Laatzen, Germany, and raised in Hannover where he spent most of his childhood. As of 2022, he is 30 years old and his zodiac sign is Capricorn. In his family, he has a sibling brother named Benjamin Halsterbberg who is also a professional football player who plays from SC Wiedenbruck.
Laatzen Germany-born player, Halstenberg started playing football at the age of about 7 years. Before joining Hannover 96 he played Germania Grasdorf. He has a deep relationship with the Hannover 96 as he played for 11 years of his youth career there. He spent most of his childhood(youth) days in Hannover.
He was a very hardworking player so after progressing in his Hannover 96 Youth system, he was later promoted to Hannover 96 II.
The German international possesses a good height of 1.88m(6 ft 2 in) and weighs around 87kg. He has a long and average muscled body structure. In addition, he has a fair skin tone and lights brown hair.
From the bench player to the first player of the team, his football has been a hell of a journey. Halstenberg earns most of his income from football. As of 2022 as an RB Leipeiz player, his agreed weekly salary is 48000 Euro and he earns 2496000 Euro per annum. Apart from this he also earns income from his sponsors(Nike) and endorsement.
To date, he must have added huge fortune to his net worth. His approximately net worth is around $5M-$10M.
Marcel Halstenberg along with his brother Benjamin started playing soccer at an early age.
Talking about his youth career, he played for Germania Grasdorf and joined Hannover 96 in 1999 and played 11 years there. He initially started out as a striker before moving to defense. Later on, he was promoted to Hannover 96 II where he appeared in 19 games in the 2010-11 season.
On 8 April 2011, he joined a Brossia Dortmund II in a 2-year contract and made his debut in the game against FC Kaiserslautern II. He was in the starting XI of the team where he added more goals to his tally as a center back. The German center defender has an impressive talent; In 2012-13 he decided to give a try to play a left-back position since the beginning of the season. His performance as left-back position really attracted the Dortmund first-team coach who decided to bring in senior team appearing 68 games in total.
After his expired contract in Brossia Dortmund, he signed a three-year contract with FC St. Pauli as a free agent. In 2014-15 he suffered an injury that cost him the start of the season. It was until 23 February 2014 when scored his first goal for the club.
Later on 31 August 2015, he signed a 4-year major contract with RB Leipzig which outraged the St Pauli supporters. He made his Leipzig debut starting the whole game against Paderborn 07 on 11 September 2015. Since joining the club he is on the first team. Late on 2016-17 season, Halstenberg deubbuted in bundislgeag in game aginst TSG 1899 Hoffengham as a starting player.
At the end 2018-19 season, he made 37 appearances scoring 4 goals in all tournaments.
On 3 September 2019, he was called for the first time to Germany's national team which really surprised him. Halstenberg made his international debut on 10 November 2017 against England. He was even selected in the squad for UEAF Euro 2020 on 9 May 2020.
Yes, he is a married man and he seems to very loving and loyal husband to his wife Franziska Dzienziol. Both of them are from Hannover and the couple first time met when they were just 13 years old. Before marriage, they were in relation with each other for a very long time.
The couple seems to have a very good understanding between them. The Halstenberg family was blessed with the daughter in January 2019.
The RB Leipzig left-back is quite active on social media. He has Instagram followers of 63K and an FB follower of more than 189K. Halstenberg shares his life updates and happening Via these media. His Instagram id is @mhalste23 and his FB id is @Marcel Halstenberg.