Daniel Engelbrecht

Daniel Engelbrecht

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Engelbrecht
Date of birth	(1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1996–2002	SV Grün-Weiss Brauweiler
2002–2004	SC Köln Weiler-Volkhoven
2004–2008	Bedburger BV
2008–2009	Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Alemannia Aachen II	73	(48)
2012–2013	VfL Bochum II	18	(9)
2012–2013	VfL Bochum	1	(0)
2013	→ Stuttgarter Kickers (loan)	14	(1)
2013–2016	Stuttgarter Kickers	24	(3)
2015	Stuttgarter Kickers II	4	(2)
2016	Alemannia Aachen	13	(5)
2016–2017	TSV Steinbach	14	(5)
2017–2018	Rot-Weiss Essen	0	(0)
Total		161	(73)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Engelbrecht (born 5 November 1990) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a forward. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Club career

On 20 July 2013, while playing his second game of the 2014–15 season for the Stuttgarter Kickers against Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Engelbrecht suddenly collapsed on the pitch due to a sudden heart attack. He was later diagnosed with myocarditis and chronic heart rhythm disorders. After four operations to the heart, including one where a defibrillator was implanted and a waiting period of 17 months, Engelbrecht returned to the pitch on 15 November 2014. ^[4] He is the first professional football player to play with an implanted defibrillator in Germany. ^[5] On 6 December 2014, Daniel Engelbrecht shot the winning goal against SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the 91st minute, ^[6] thereby becoming the only professional footballer to score a goal with such a handicap. ^[7]

Following the recurrence of his heart problems, Engelbrecht announced that he would interrupt his career on doctor's recommendation, and that he would focus on becoming a coach. ^[8] This interruption turned into permanent retirement in 2018, when it became known that Engelbrecht's defibrillator had already brought him back to life on three occasions. ^{[9] [10]}

Managerial career

On 1 July 2019, Engelbrecht was announced as the new head of VfL Bochum's youth talent scouting division. ^[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Alemannia Aachen II	2009–10	NRW-Liga	27	13	—		27	13
	2010–11		30	21	—		30	21
	2011–12		16	14	—		16	14
	Total		73	48	0	0	73	48
VfL Bochum II	2012–13 [12]	Regionalliga West	18	9	—		18	9
VfL Bochum	2012–13 [12]	2. Bundesliga	1	0	1	0	2	0
Stuttgarter Kickers (loan)	2012–13 [12]	3. Liga	14	1	—		14	1
Stuttgarter Kickers	2013–14 [12]	3. Liga	2	0	—		2	0
	2014–15 [12]		19	3	—		19	3
	2015–16 [12]		3	0	—		3	0
	Total		24	3	0	0	24	3
Stuttgarter Kickers II	2015–16 [12]	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	4	2	—		4	2
Alemannia Aachen	2015–16 [12]	Regionalliga West	13	5	—		13	5
TSV Steinbach	2016–17 [12]	Regionalliga Südwest	14	5	—		14	5
Rot-Weiss Essen	2017–18 [12]	Regionalliga West	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			161	73	1	0	162	73

References

1. Brausch, Christian (25 October 2017). "Herzprobleme: RWE-Spieler Engelbrecht nimmt Fußball-Auszeit". www.derwesten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
2. "Daniel Engelbrecht" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
3. "Engelbrecht, Daniel" (in German). kicker . Retrieved 30 July 2017.
4. "Pokalaus in Ravensburg" (in German). Stuttgarter Kickers. 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
5. "„Ich wurde bei Bewusstsein mit 830 Volt geschockt"" (in German). Die Welt. 25 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
6. "Engelbrecht macht mit einem „unglaublichen Moment" alle glücklich" (in German). Stuttgarter Kickers. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
7. Stolterfoht, Peter (6 February 2015). "Daniel Engelbrecht von den Stuttgarter Kickers – Herz und Seele erholen sich" (in German). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
8. "Defi-Profi Engelbrecht: Auszeit vom Fußball". www.fussball.de (in German). 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
9. "Interview mit Daniel Engelbrecht: Herzprobleme? "Man kann es gar nicht genug dramatisieren"" (in German). kicker. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
10. Osmanovic, Nedim (21 February 2019). "Herztod im Sport: Wieso passiert das so häufig?" (in German). Der Standard. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
11. "VfL Bochum: Engelbrecht wird Scouting-Leiter im Talentwerk" (in German). WAZ. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
12. "Daniel Engelbrecht » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

External links

• Daniel Engelbrecht at fussballdaten.de (in German)