Daniel Engelbrecht

Daniel Engelbrecht (born 5 November 1990) is a German retired football forward who last played for Rot-Weiss Essen.[1][2][3]

Daniel Engelbrecht
Personal information
Full name Daniel Engelbrecht
Date of birth (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990
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 04 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 → Stuttgarter Kickers II (loan) 2 (1)
2013–2016 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 (4)
2013–2016 → Stuttgarter Kickers II 6 (3)
2016 Alemannia Aachen 13 (5)
2016–2017 TSV Steinbach 14 (5)
2017–2018 Rot-Weiss Essen 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2018

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 separate 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
As of 19 February 2018[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alemannia Aachen II 2009–10 NRW-Liga 2713—2713
2010–11 3021—3021
2011–12 1614—1614
Total 7348007348
VfL Bochum II 2012–13 Regionalliga West 189—189
VfL Bochum 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 101020
Stuttgarter Kickers II 2012–13 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 21—21
Stuttgarter Kickers 2012–13 3. Liga 141—141
2013–14 20—20
2014–15 193—193
2015–16 30—30
Total 38400384
Alemannia Aachen 2015–16 Regionalliga West 135—135
TSV Steinbach 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 145—145
Rot-Weiss Essen 2017–18 Regionalliga West 00—00
Career total 159721016072

References
  1. Brausch, Christian (25 October 2017). "Herzprobleme: RWE-Spieler Engelbrecht nimmt Fußball-Auszeit". www.derwesten.de (in German). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "Daniel Engelbrecht" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 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. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  5. "„Ich wurde bei Bewusstsein mit 830 Volt geschockt"" (in German). Die Welt. 25 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). Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  8. "Defi-Profi Engelbrecht: Auszeit vom Fußball". www.fussball.de (in German). 26 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. "Interview mit Daniel Engelbrecht: Herzprobleme? "Man kann es gar nicht genug dramatisieren"" (in German). kicker. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  10. Osmanovic, Nedim (21 February 2019). "Herztod im Sport: Wieso passiert das so häufig?" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  11. "VfL Bochum: Engelbrecht wird Scouting-Leiter im Talentwerk" (in German). WAZ. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  12. Daniel Engelbrecht at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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