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Alexander Merkel
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Alexander Merkel is a male association football player born on February 22, 1992, in Almaty. He holds citizenship in Germany and Kazakhstan and represents both nations in sport. Merkel plays as a midfielder and speaks German. His professional career began in 2010.
He has been a member of several teams, including Udinese Calcio, Genoa CFC, AC Milan, and Watford F.C. Merkel also played for Hatta. He competed in the 2. Bundesliga and wore the number 52.
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- Total plays
- 1
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Key facts
- 1999
- Okzhetpes
- 2007
- Germany U15
- 2008
- Germany U17
- 2012
- → AC Milan (loan)
- 2014
- → Watford (loan)
- 2016
- Pisa
- 2018
- Admira Wacker
- 2026
- FC Zhenis
- Full name
- Aleksandr Vasilyevich Merkel
- Date of birth
- ( 1992-02-22 ) 22 February 1992 (age 34)
- Place of birth
- Almaty , Kazakhstan
- Height
- 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Current team
- FC Zhenis
- 1999 2003
- JSG Westerwald
- 2003 2008
- VfB Stuttgart
- 2008 2010
- AC Milan
- Years
- Team
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Hatta
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- Kazakhstan
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Family name
- Merkel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kazakhstan
- Place of birth
- Almaty
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- German
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Heracles Almelo
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- 2. Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Kazakhstan
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- 20180505 AUSADM 8617.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Alexander Merkel
- date of birth
- 1992-02-22
- sport number
- 52
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- social media followers
- 38743
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2019
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Merkel (Russian: Александр Васильевич Меркель; born 22 February 1992) is a Kazakhstani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Zhenis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexander Merkel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.