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{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marc Heider
| image = Marc Heider.JPG
| caption = Heider with [[Holstein Kiel]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sacramento, California]], United States
| height = 1.86 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Sportfreunde Lotte]]
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2003
| youthyears2 = 2003–2005
| youthclubs1 = TuS Recke
| youthclubs2 = [[VfL Osnabrück]]
| years1 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = [[VfL Osnabrück]] | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2006–2009 | clubs2 = [[SV Werder Bremen II|Werder Bremen II]] | caps2 = 84 | goals2 = 16
| years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = [[Holstein Kiel II]] | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2009–2016 | clubs4 = [[Holstein Kiel]] | caps4 = 221 | goals4 = 73
| years5 = 2016–2023 | clubs5 = [[VfL Osnabrück]] | caps5 = 225 | goals5 = 43
| years6 = 2023– | clubs6 = [[Sportfreunde Lotte]] | caps6 = 49 | goals6 = 27
| club-update = 1 January 2025
}}

'''Marc Heider''' (born 18 May 1986) is an American professional [[association football|soccer]] player who plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Sportfreunde Lotte]].<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|marc-heider}}</ref>

==Career==
Heider began his career at TuS Recke before being scouted in 2003 for the youth team of [[VfL Osnabrück]]. He was promoted to the senior team of Osnabrück and played sixteen games scoring two goals. In July 2006 Heider transferred to [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] where he played for the reserve team and was released on 30 May 2009. On 26 June, he signed for [[Holstein Kiel]].

Heider returned to VfL Osnabrück in 2016 and helped the club to promotion to the [[2. Bundesliga]] in the [[2018–19 3. Liga|2018–19 season]].<ref name="ndr">{{cite news |title=VfL Osnabrück: "Fußballgott" Heider beendet Karriere |trans-title=VfL Osnabrück: ‘Football God’ Heider ends his career |url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/VfL-Osnabrueck-Fussballgott-Heider-beendet-Karriere,osnabrueck7462.html |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=NDR |date=4 May 2023 |language=German}}</ref> In the 2. Bundesliga he made 54 appearances scoring 9 goals.<ref name="ndr"/> At the end of the [[2022–23 VfL Osnabrück season|2022–23 season]] he achieved 2. Bundesliga promotion for a second time with Osnabrück.<ref name="alschner">{{cite news |last1=Alschner |first1=Jacob |title=Marc Heider: Weiter in Lotte – oder zurück zum VfL Osnabrück? |trans-title=Marc Heider: Continue in Lotte - or back to VfL Osnabrück? |url=https://www.noz.de/sport/sf-lotte/artikel/marc-heider-weiter-in-lotte-oder-zurueck-zum-vfl-osnabrueck-48581156 |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=NOZ |date=9 April 2025 |language=German}}</ref>

Heider moved to [[Sportfreunde Lotte]] in summer 2023, with whom he promoted to the Regionalliga in 2023–24.<ref name="alschner"/> In June 2024 he extended his contract with Sportfreunde Lotte, where he featured as a playing assistant coach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goltsche |first1=Malte |title=Marc Heider verlängert in Lotte - mit Platz in der Trainerkabine |trans-title=Marc Heider extends his contract in Lotte - with a place in the trainer's cabin |url=https://www.noz.de/sport/amateurfussball-os/artikel/marc-heider-verlaengert-in-lotte-mit-platz-in-der-trainerkabine-47174991 |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=[[Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung]] |date=11 June 2024 |language=German}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Born in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], United States, Heider is the son of a pilot. He grew up in [[Recke]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schiffbänker |first1=Michael |title=Ex-VfLer im Interview: Marc Heider: "Ich vertraue meinem Bauchgefühl" |url=https://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/vfl-osnabrueck/artikel/421358/marc-heider-ich-vertraue-meinem-bauchgefuhl#gallery&11777&0&421358 |access-date=7 September 2021 |date=17 October 2013 |language=de}}</ref> and has German citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Das war Side… |url=https://www.holstein-kiel.de/news/das-war-side/ |website=Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e. V. |access-date=7 September 2021 |language=de |date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''VfL Osnabrück'''
* [[3. Liga]]: [[2018–19 3. Liga|2018–19]];<ref name="ndr"/> promotion as runner-up [[2022–23 3. Liga|2022–23]]<ref name="alschner"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|marc-heider}}
*{{Fussballdaten|heidermarc}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heider, Marc}}
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Soccer players from California]]
[[Category:American men's soccer players]]
[[Category:American people of German descent]]
[[Category:German men's footballers]]
[[Category:American emigrants to Germany]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:2. Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:3. Liga players]]
[[Category:Regionalliga players]]
[[Category:VfL Osnabrück players]]
[[Category:SV Werder Bremen II players]]
[[Category:Holstein Kiel players]]
[[Category:Holstein Kiel II players]]
[[Category:Sportfreunde Lotte players]]
[[Category:People from Steinfurt (district)]]
[[Category:German sportspeople of American descent]]
[[Category:Footballers from Münster (region)]]
[[Category:21st-century German sportsmen]]

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