Marcel Eger

Early career

Eger played in the youth teams of 1. FC Sachsen, SpVgg Ansbach and 1. FC Nürnberg where he played until 2003 when he moved to 1. SC Feucht. He made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against 1. FC Saarbrücken on 2 August 2003, coming on a substitute late in the match for Stefan Hampl and made his first start in a 0–0 draw against FC Augsburg. Since making his debut, he established himself in the first team. On 15 November 2003, Eger scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over FC Schweinfurt 05. At SC Feucht, he made 26 appearances scoring one goal.

FC St. Pauli

After one season at SC Feucht, Eger joined St. Pauli on a free transfer. On 31 July 2004, he made his debut for the club in a 1–0 win over Wuppertaler SV Borussia playing 90 minutes. On 11 December 2004, he received a red card for brutal foul, just 10 minutes coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Holstein Kiel. On 5 April 2005, he made his return to the first-team in a 1–0 win over Hamburger SV II. On 26 March 2005, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 win over Arminia Bielefeld. On 6 August 2005, Eger scored his first of the 2005–06 season in a 4–0 win over Kickers Emden. On 23 August 2005, he received a red card after second bookable offence in a 2–0 loss against Fortuna Düsseldorf. The following season 2006–07, Eger made 35 appearances, playing all the league matches of the season and having a key role at the club that was promoted to 2. Bundesliga. In the…

Eger is a passionate drummer, which showed when he made a guest appearance in Bela B's second solo album Code B. He was even on the single from Black/White, represented in the German charts peaked at 83rd. Eger holds left-wing views on politics.