Tom Mickel

Tom Lutz-Hans Mickel (born 19 April 1989) is a German professional goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He is a youth international for Germany.

A career backup, Mickel has spent most of his professional career at Hamburger SV apart from a two-year stint at Greuther Furth. He has also gained 12 caps for various German national youth teams.

Club Career

Early career

Mickel played in the youth departments of first FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda and since Energie Cottbus, where he was promoted to the first team ahead of the 2007–08 season and mostly competed in the second team.

Hamburger SV

For the 2009–10 season, Mickel moved to Hamburger SV. There, he signed a professional contract until 30 June 2012, which was extended in October 2011 by one year, to 2013. During his time in Hamburg, Mickel was continuously number two or three in the goalkeeper depth chart. In three and a half years, Frank Rost, Jaroslav Drobny and Rene Adler were preferred to him. He therefore mainly appeared for the second team, Hamburger SV II, in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord.

Greuther Furth

During the winter break of the 2012–13 season, Mickel moved to league rivals SpVgg Greuther Furth six months before the expiration of his contract. He signed a contract there until 30 June 2015. There, he was utilised for the remainder of the 2012–13 season and the 2013–14 season, initially in the second team in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Bayern. Mickel made his professional debut on the 8th match-day of the 2013–14 season when he was substituted on for the injured Wolfgang Hesl in the 77th minute of the match against 1860 Munich. Five more appearances followed, in which he filled in for Hesl. Mickel would then mainly play for the second team again. After his contract expired, Mickel left the club on 30 June 2015.

Return to Hamburger SV

At the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Mickel completed a tr

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