Denny Herzig

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Denny Herzig
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-11-13) 13 November 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth Pößneck, East Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1993–1995 SV Sparneck
1995–1996 FC Bayern Hof
1996–2001 Carl Zeiss Jena
2001–2002 Wimbledon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Blackpool 0 (0)
2004–2006 Wacker Burghausen 3 (0)
2004–2006 Wacker Burghausen II 16 (1)
2006–2009 SV Elversberg 78 (8)
2006–2009 SV Elversberg II 1 (0)
2009–2010 Rot-Weiß Essen 33 (1)
2010–2011 Dynamo Dresden 17 (0)
2010–2011 Dynamo Dresden II 6 (0)
2011–2012 Eintracht Trier 32 (3)
2012–2013 Bayer Leverkusen II 19 (1)
2014 Víkingur Ólafsvík 3 (0)
2015 SV Seligenporten 12 (1)
2015–2018 FC Pipinsried 74 (8)
Total292(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denny Herzig (born 13 November 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Career

Having played as a youth for SV Sparneck, FC Bayern Hof and Carl Zeiss Jena, Herzig moved to England aged 16, joining Wimbledon along with his older brother Nico. [2] After a year in the Dons' youth system, he moved north, signing for Blackpool, [2] [3] but he was unable to break into the first team, and in 2004 he returned to Germany, reuniting with his brother at SV Wacker Burghausen. [2]

Burghausen were in the 2. Bundesliga, and Herzig made his professional debut in October 2004, replacing Macchambes Younga-Mouhani in a 2–0 victory over SpVgg Unterhaching. [4] This was his only appearance of the season, and after two more appearances the following year, he was released in June 2006. He spent three years playing for SV Elversberg in the Regionalliga Süd, [5] before joining Rot-Weiss Essen in 2009. [6] He served as club captain, but left the club after one season, as the club declared insolvency and were forced to withdraw from the Regionalliga West. [7]

In 2010, Herzig joined Dynamo Dresden of the 3. Liga. [8] He made seventeen appearances in the 2010–11 season as the club earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, [9] but he was released at the end of the season and signed for Eintracht Trier in July 2011. [1] Again he was released after one season, and spent three months without a club before signing for Bayer Leverkusen II in October 2012. [2] He was released by Leverkusen at the end of the 2012–13 season. He then had a short stint in Iceland with Víkingur Ólafsvík in 2014, [10] before returning to Germany to play for SV Seligenporten in 2015. [2] He ended his career with FC Pipinsried where he played between 2015 and 2018. [11]

Personal life

Herzig's older brother, Nico, was also a professional footballer. [2]

In 2015, while playing football on amateur level, Herzig became a police officer with the Munich Police Department. [12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [13]
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wacker Burghausen 2004–05 2. Bundesliga 1010—20
Wacker Burghausen II 2005–06 Oberliga Bayern 161—161
SV Elversberg 2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 260—260
2007–08 Regionalliga Süd230—230
2008–09 Regionalliga West 298—298
Total788—788
SV Elversberg II 2008–09 Oberliga Südwest 10—10
Rot-Weiss Essen 2009–10 Regionalliga West331—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0351
Dynamo Dresden 2010–11 3. Liga 1700000170
Dynamo Dresden II 2010–11 NOFV-Oberliga Süd 60—60
Eintracht Trier 2011–12 Regionalliga West32320—343
Bayer Leverkusen II 2012–13 Regionalliga West191—191
Víkingur Ólafsvík 2014 1. deild karla 3000—30
SV Seligenporten 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 121—121
FC Pipinsried 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd 333—333
2016–17 Bayernliga Süd212—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0232
2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern203—00203
Total748—20768
Career total29623304030323
  1. ↑ Appearances in Lower Rhine Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Regionalliga promotion play-offs

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