| Daniel Engelbrecht | |
| Fullname: | Daniel Engelbrecht |
| Birth Date: | 5 November 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Cologne, Germany |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 1996–2002 |
| Youthclubs1: | SV Grün-Weiss Brauweiler |
| Youthyears2: | 2002–2004 |
| Youthclubs2: | SC Köln Weiler-Volkhoven |
| Youthyears3: | 2004–2008 |
| Youthclubs3: | Bedburger BV |
| Youthyears4: | 2008–2009 |
| Youthclubs4: | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Years1: | 2009–2012 |
| Clubs1: | Alemannia Aachen II |
| Caps1: | 73 |
| Goals1: | 48 |
| Years3: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs3: | VfL Bochum II |
| Caps3: | 18 |
| Goals3: | 9 |
| Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs4: | VfL Bochum |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013 |
| Clubs5: | → Stuttgarter Kickers (loan) |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs7: | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| Caps7: | 24 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2015 |
| Clubs8: | Stuttgarter Kickers II |
| Caps8: | 4 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Years9: | 2016 |
| Clubs9: | Alemannia Aachen |
| Caps9: | 13 |
| Goals9: | 5 |
| Years10: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs10: | TSV Steinbach |
| Caps10: | 14 |
| Goals10: | 5 |
| Years11: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs11: | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| Caps11: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 161 |
| Totalgoals: | 73 |
Daniel Engelbrecht (born 5 November 1990) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a forward.[1] [2] [3]
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 occasions.[9] [10]
On 1 July 2019, Engelbrecht was announced as the new head of VfL Bochum's youth talent scouting division.[11]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Alemannia Aachen II | 2009–10 | NRW-Liga | 27 | 13 | — | 27 | 13 | ||
| 2010–11 | 30 | 21 | — | 30 | 21 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 16 | 14 | — | 16 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 48 | |||
| VfL Bochum II | 2012–13[12] | Regionalliga West | 18 | 9 | — | 18 | 9 | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Stuttgarter Kickers (loan) | 2012–13 | 3. Liga | 14 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 2013–14 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 19 | 3 | — | 19 | 3 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |||
| Stuttgarter Kickers II | 2015–16 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | ||
| Alemannia Aachen | 2015–16 | Regionalliga West | 13 | 5 | — | 13 | 5 | ||
| TSV Steinbach | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 14 | 5 | — | 14 | 5 | ||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2017–18 | Regionalliga West | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 161 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 73 | |||