Quick Facts
Biography
Daniel Engelbrecht (born 5 November 1990) is a German football forward who plays for PSIS Semarang.
Career
On the 20th of July 2013 playing his second game of the season 14/15 for SV Stuttgarter Kickers against Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Daniel Engelbrecht collapsed on the pitch after a heart failure. He was later diagnosed with myocarditis and chronic heart rhythm disorders. After four operations to the heart, including one where a defibrilator was implanted and a waiting period of 17 months Daniel Engelbrecht returned to the pitch on the 15th of November 2014. He is the first professional footballplayer playing with an implanted defibrillator in Germany. On the 6th of December 2014 Daniel Engelbrecht shot the winning goal against SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the 91st minute. He is now the only professional footballer to score a goal with such a handicap.
Statistics
As of 11 January 2016
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | |||||
| 2009–10 | Alemannia Aachen II | NRW-Liga | 27 | 13 | — | 27 | 13 | |
| 2010–11 | 30 | 21 | — | 30 | 21 | |||
| 2011–12 | 16 | 14 | — | 16 | 14 | |||
| 2012–13 | VfL Bochum II | Regionalliga West | 18 | 9 | — | 18 | 9 | |
| 2012–13 | VfL Bochum | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | Stuttgarter Kickers II | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 3. Liga | 14 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 19 | 3 | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | PSIS Semarang | |||||||
| Total | Germany | 132 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 62 | |
| Career total | 132 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 62 | ||