Arne Feick

Arne Feick
	Feick with 1. FC Heidenheim in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	1 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	East Berlin, East Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1994–2000	SV Mühlenbeck 47
2000–2002	SC Oberhavel Velten
2002–2006	Energie Cottbus
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Energie Cottbus II
2006–2008	Energie Cottbus
2008–2009	Erzgebirge Aue
2009–2011	Arminia Bielefeld
2011–2013	1860 Munich
2013–2014	Arminia Bielefeld
2014–2015	VfR Aalen
2015–2020	1. FC Heidenheim
2020–2021	Würzburger Kickers
Total
International career
2006–2007	Germany U19
2007–2009	Germany U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arne Feick (born 1 April 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[2]

Club career

Born in East Berlin,^[1] Feick started playing football at SV Mühlenbeck 47 in 1994 and moved to the SC Oberhavel Velten youth department in 2000. In the summer of 2002, he joined the youth academy of Energie Cottbus.

For the 2005–06 season, he managed to make the cut to the second team, Energie Cottbus II, that played in the Oberliga. The team managed to reach promotion to the Regionalliga. However, qualification for the new 3. Liga in the 2007–08 season was clearly missed. After midfielder Markus Dworrak's move to Dynamo Dresden, Feick signed his first professional contract in September 2006.^[3] He made his debut in the Bundesliga on 26 November 2006, under head coach Petrik Sander where he came on as a substitute in the 85th minute in a match against Bayer Leverkusen. On 2 December, Feick made his debut in the starting eleven against Hannover 96 and was sent off in the 90th minute with his second yellow card. He was able to make one more league appearance during the season. In the 2007–08 season, Feick only appeared for the second team.

After the second team had clearly failed to qualify for the new 3. Liga, Feick signed a two-year contract with Erzgebirge Aue, competing in the 3. Liga, ahead of the 2008–09 season alongside former Energie Cottbus teammates Martin Männel, Jan Hochscheidt and Marc Hensel.^[4] There, he was able to establish himself as a regular starter and became top goalscorer for the club in his first season.

For the 2009–10 season, Feick moved to Arminia Bielefeld in the 2. Bundesliga, signing a three-year contract. After Arminia suffered relegation at the end of the 2010–11 season, Feick moved to 1860 Munich. In the 2011–12 season, he made 20 appearances, during which he was sidelined from the end of November until the end of the winter break due to an injury. In the following season, he was only utilised as a complementary player, not appearing in the 2. Bundesliga. He was part of a matchday squad 18 times during that season, but nevertheless did not play. He made seven appearances for the second team in the Regionalliga Bayern.

After two years, in September 2013, Feick returned to Arminia Bielefeld, who had been promoted to the 2. Bundesliga again. There. he was promoted to a regular starter and played in 24 of the remaining 28 games of the season. However, Arminia suffered another relegation at the end of the season after losing in the relegation play-offs to SV Darmstadt 98.

For the following season 2014–15, Feick moved to 2. Bundesliga team VfR Aalen,^[5] whom he left again at the end of the season and signed a contract with local rivals 1. FC Heidenheim.^[6] On 29 July 2016, he extended his contract with 1. FC Heidenheim until 2020.^[7]

After his contract expired in July 2020, Feick moved to recently promoted 2. Bundesliga club Würzburger Kickers. He signed a contract until 30 June 2021.^[8] He left the club as his contract expired and subsequently retired from football.^[9]

International career

Feick is a youth international for Germany.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b Grüninger, Thomas (24 February 2016). "Linksruck im FCH-Spiel: Bei Arne Feick läuft's wie geschmiert". Heidenheimer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 December 2020. Andere Zeiten, als er sie in Heidenheim gerade erlebt, kennt Feick auch. In seiner Zeit bei beim TSV 1860 München beispielsweise kam er kaum zum Zug, bis Zeitungen schrieben, er dürfe nur noch mittrainieren. "Aus solchen Erlebnissen lernt man viel und kann dann auch die guten Momente ganz anders wahrnehmen", sagt der 27-Jährige, der in Ost-Berlin geboren wurde, gut eineinhalb Jahre vor dem Mauerfall.
^ "Feick, Arne" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ "Arne Feick bleibt bei Energie Cottbus". Handelsblatt (in German). 11 September 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Feick wechselt von Cottbus nach Aue". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 3 June 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "VfR verpflichtet Abwehrspieler Arne Feick". VfR Aalen (in German). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ Grüninger, Thomas (10 June 2015). "FCH: Arne Feick und Daniel Frahn im Anflug". Heidenheimer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Verlängert bis 2020: Feick bekennt sich langfristig zum FCH!". 1. FC Heidenheim (in German). 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Der FC Würzburger Kickers verpflichtet Arne Feick". Bundesliga (in German). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Was macht eigentlich Arne Feick?". 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 e. V. (in German). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "Arne Feick - Spielerprofil" (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2020.