Niko Gießelmann

Niko Gießelmann
Niko Gießelmann (2019)
Personnel
birthday	September 26, 1991
place of birth	Hanover ,  Germany
size	182 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
1995-2005	TSV Godshorn
2005-2007	SC Langenhagen
2007-2010	Hannover 96
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2010-2013	Hanover 96 II	74 (15)
2012-2013	Hannover 96	0 0(0)
2013-2017	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	125 0(7)
2017-2020	Fortuna Dusseldorf	88 0(4)
2020–	1. FC Union Berlin	0 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 30, 2020

Niko Gießelmann (born September 26, 1991 in Hanover ) is a German soccer player .

Career

Gießelmann played for Hannover 96 from the U17 . In summer 2010 he moved to the club's second team, which plays in the Regionalliga Nord . Here he made his debut on the first day of the 2010/11 season on August 6, 2010 in the 0-1 defeat against SV Wilhelmshaven . Since the 2012/13 season he was part of the Hanoverian professional squad. On September 2, 2012, the second match day of the 2012/13 Bundesliga season , he was in the squad in a 4-0 win over VfL Wolfsburg . Among other things, he was also in the Europa League game against FC Twente Enschede (0-0), but was also not used.

For the 2013/14 season Gießelmann moved to the 2nd Bundesliga for SpVgg Greuther Fürth . He made his professional debut on July 21, 2013, the first match day, in a 2-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld . He scored his first goal on matchday nine in a 4-0 win against Dynamo Dresden , when he was substituted on in the 73rd minute and two minutes later he made it 3-0.

As the longest-serving professional at SpVgg Greuther Fürth , Gießelmann decided at the end of the 16/17 season and after four years of club membership not to extend his expiring contract. He signed a three-year contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf on June 16, 2017. In the season 17/18 he rose as a regular player on the position of left defender with Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 1st Bundesliga. Gießelmann was also on the left side of defense in the 1st Bundesliga and played 30 league games. At the end of the season there was relegation with Düsseldorf. In the following Bundesliga season 2019/20 he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 1-1 draw against VfL Wolfsburg on matchday 4.

After his contract in Düsseldorf expired, he moved to 1. FC Union Berlin on July 8, 2020 .

Web links

• Niko Gießelmann in the database of weltfussball.de
• Niko Gießelmann in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Profile at SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fortuna signs Niko Gießelmann. f95.de, June 16, 2017, accessed June 16, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Gießelmann's premiere - Weghorst does it again , match report on kicker.de, accessed on September 15, 2019.
3. ↑ Niko Gießelmann changes to the Alte Försterei. fc-union-berlin.de, July 8, 2020, accessed on July 8, 2020 .