Michael Hefele

Michael Martin Hefele (German: [ˈheːfələ]; born 1 September 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for English Championship club Nottingham Forest.

Michael Hefele
Hefele playing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in 2012
Personal information
Full name Michael Martin Hefele[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990
Place of birth Pfaffenhofen (Ilm), West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 44
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Unterhaching II 43 (5)
2010–2012 Unterhaching 33 (1)
2012–2014 Greuther Fürth II 13 (0)
2012–2014 Greuther Fürth 3 (0)
2014 → Wacker Burghausen (loan) 15 (0)
2014–2016 Dynamo Dresden 69 (10)
2016–2018 Huddersfield Town 39 (3)
2018– Nottingham Forest 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:17, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Career

Hefele made his debut for SpVgg Unterhaching in 2010. He went on to play for SpVgg Greuther Fürth and was on loan at Wacker Burghausen. He played two seasons for Dynamo Dresden scoring 10 times in 72 appearances in all competitions and became the club captain.[2]

Huddersfield Town

In July 2016, Hefele joined English Championship side Huddersfield Town [2] Hefele scored his first goal for Huddersfield in a 1–1 draw with Aston Villa on 16 August 2016, just 26 seconds after coming off the bench, a Huddersfield record for the quickest time scored by a debutante in the club's 108-year history.[3] On 28 January 2017, in a game against Rochdale, Hefele was substituted on as a striker in the 46th minute, coming on for Elias Kachunga. He then scored two goals as striker.[4]

Nottingham Forest

On 9 August 2018, Hefele joined English Championship side Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.[5] He made his debut for Forest on 14 August 2018 in the first round of the 2018–19 EFL Cup against Bury. The game finished 1–1 after 90 minutes with Forest going through to the second round 10–9 on penalties, one of which Hefele scored for Forest.[6]

Career statistics
As of 06 March 2020[7]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SpVgg Unterhaching 2010–11 3. Liga 27000——270
2011–12 3. Liga 6100——61
SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern 80———80
2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern 50———50
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2012–13 Bundesliga 1000——10
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 2000——20
Wacker Burghausen (loan) 2013–14 3. Liga 15000——150
Dynamo Dresden 2014–15 3. Liga 31330——343
2015–16 3. Liga 38700——387
Huddersfield Town 2016–17 Championship 373121030425
2017–18 Premier League 2020200060
Total 39 3 3 2 3 0 3 0 48 5
Nottingham Forest 2018-19 Championship 15 0 0 0 3 0 — 18 0
2019-20 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 15 0 0 0 3 0 — 18 0
Career total 1871462603020216

Honours

Huddersfield Town

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. "Transfer-Hefele To Join HTAFC htafc.com".
  3. "Aston Villa 1–1 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1162209/Live/England-FA-Cup-2016-2017-Rochdale-Huddersfield
  5. https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2018/august/hefele-joins-the-reds/
  6. "Nottingham Forest vs. Bury – 14 August 2018". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. "M. Hefele". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  8. Woodcock, Ian (29 May 2017). "Huddersfield Town 0–0 Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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