Sebastian Pelzer

Sebastian Pelzer at the season opening Dynamo Dresden 9 August 2008

Sebastian Pelzer (born 24 September 1980 in Trier ) is a German football player. Mostly used as a left or central defender graduated from the former youth national team of the DFB Trier, Saarbrücken, awls and Rostock total of 130 games in the Bundesliga 2.

Career

Beginnings in Rhineland -Palatinate

He began his career grew up in Bekond defender in the youth teams of Rhineland-Palatinate clubs Bekond SV, SV pine and FSV Salmrohr. For Salmrohr he became the youth national team. Subsequently moved Pelzer but 1 FC Kaiserslautern, for its amateur team he eventually became active in the men's area. He was, however, not used in the season 1999/2000 of the third-rate Regionalliga West / Southwest, so that he had no part in the descent finally made ​​the team in the fourth-rate Oberliga West. After the successful direct resurgence 2000/ 01 Pelzer played in the 2001/ 02 season, but still 28 times for Kaiserslautern in the Regional (season south), where he scored a total of two goals.

Pelzer in England

Although Kaiserslautern showed interest in further cooperation, Pelzer moved in summer 2002 to England, where he joined Blackburn Rovers. In Blackburn Pelzer signed a two -year contract, while on the transfer payment Blackburn at Kaiserslautern initially were not disclosed. Media reports then but a stripping payment of £ 370,000 has been rumored. For the professional team of Rovers Pelzer over the following 18 months of membership in the club, also due to multiple injuries, only one application in the League Cup on 6 November 2002 against FC Walsall, while in the league operating exclusively for the reserve team in the Premier reserve League played. Beginning in 2004, Pelzer therefore released his contract on at the Rovers and returned to Germany, where he signed a contract until the summer of 2006 when SV Eintracht Trier.

Return to Germany

For the Trier second division Pelzer then received 15 times in the second half of the season 2003/ 04, in which the relegation threatened team could work your way from 16th to 11th place, coming in the league. 2004/ 05 rose Trier then, however, as 15 of the final table in the Regionalliga from. This Pelzer had denied a further 30 second division operations during the season and in these also can score his first goal for Trier, but he had temporarily lost his place in the defensive chain of concord to Jésus Sinisterra. In order to be able to accumulate in the second division in the future, Pelzer then moved in summer 2005, former league rivals 1.FC Saarbrücken, which he initially agreed to a one-year contract. After 26 appearances for Saarbrücken in the 2005 /06 Pelzer rose but also with the Saarlanders from the 2nd Bundesliga from the Regionalliga.

Pelzer at Dynamo Dresden

Pelzer was initially no new club until he was signed in October 2006 by the Regional division Dynamo Dresden and for this in the 2006 /07 still played 22 times, where he became a crowd favorite. In addition, he won this season with the Dresden Saxony Cup. This Pelzer had recently led the Dresden team as captain, headed for the 2007/08 season but a change in the second English League and therefore refused dynamos offer to extend the contract. Then he first completed tryouts at Hull City and Plymouth Argyle, chose in August 2007, but still for Dresden, where he signed a new contract for an initial two seasons. As a result, Pelzer was accused of Dresden only as a last resort, so it was controversial both within the team and the fans. Nevertheless Pelzer led the team in the Regionalliga 2007/ 08 as a captain in the summer 2008 3 newly League, which he himself had share with 28 inserts. In the third division Pelzer finally completed ten games during the first half of the season 2008/ 09, but was advised due to an ankle injury in the form of a crisis, which earned him some animosity from the massive Dresden fans. In addition, he also came within the team especially with his teammate Maik Wagefeld in conflict. On 10 December 2009 Pelzer was then further the captaincy of Wage field and asked a few weeks later by the release to be able to leave Dynamo.

About Ahlen to Rostock

In January 2010, Pelzer broke his contract with Dynamo Dresden and finally moved to Rot Weiss Ahlen in the 2nd Bundesliga. He wrote there a dated to June 30, 2010 contract, and still graduated ten games for Ahlen in the second half of the season 2008 /09. After another 25 missions in the season 2009/ 10, however Pelzer rose with awls from the 2nd Bundesliga from - it was his third overall descent from Germany's second highest league. For the reconstruction of the team in the 3rd League but played Pelzer, who had meanwhile accumulated in the reserve team Ahlen, in the plans of the club's management is no longer relevant, so that his expiring contract was not renewed.

By F. C. Hansa Rostock, who was staying together with awls in the 3rd League, Pelzer was then a new employer, who signed him as a designated lead player. Together with Pelzer also came Mohammed Lartey and Michael Wiemann from Ahlen to Rostock. As a result, Pelzer was appointed coach Peter Vollmann to the captain of the team and completed during the 2010/11 season 37 league games, with which he helped to direct re-emergence of the Hansa as table Lenz far. Due to the re-emergence is Pelzer's extended originally to 2012 dated contract automatically for another year until 2013. Moreover Pelzer won with Hansa this season the National Cup Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

In the first round of the second division season 2011/12 Pelzer was starting with 14 inserts continue to Hansas strain forces on the defensive. After the relegation- threatened F. C. Hansa had replaced at the end of the first round trainer Vollmann by Wolfgang Wolf, this particular set from mid-May but, increasingly, Michael Blum or Timo Perthel as a left-back, so Pelzer came to only ten missions in the second half. Ultimately, it did not manage the team to prevent the re- descent into the 3rd league, which also Pelzer's contract with Hansa lost its validity.

Pelzer then signed a new one-year contract and established himself again in the following 2012/13 season as a regular player in the Rostock side defense. With season progresses Pelzer had to the now established as the successor wolf trainer Marc Fascher increasingly helping out in central defense, but could not prevent Hansa fell into relegation danger here. In his 26th season use to Pelzer eventually moved to a multiple broken toe, as a result, he was sidelined for the remainder of the season. Even before the Rostock team in the league ultimately accomplished, Pelzer then extended his contract with Hansa for another two years until 2015.

Remarkable

Pelzer is one of two representatives of the league in 3 gamers council of the players union union of the contract footballers ( VdV ).