Marcel Keßen

German basketball player

Marcel Keßen
No. 15 – MLP Academics Heidelberg
Keßen playing for Heidelberg in 2023
Position	Center
League	Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27) Hagen, Germany
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015-17, 2021-23	Phoenix Hagen
2023-present	MLP Academics Heidelberg

Career highlights and awards
German U16 national team German U18 national team German U20 national team

Marcel Theodor Keßen (alternative spelling Kessen; born 2 January 1997) is a German professional basketball player.

Early life

Keßen is a native of Hagen-Hohenlimburg.^[1]

Club career

In January 2021, he returned to Phoenix Hagen after a 3-year absence.^[2]

In June 2022, under the lead of coach Chris Harris, Keßen became Hagen's new team captain. He succeeded Dominik Spohr for this position. In the 2022–23 season, Keßen advanced to become Hagen's second-best scorer with an average of 14.3 points. He was his team's top rebounder (6.4). Out of 29 games played, he was in the starting lineup 27 times and had an excellent three-point percentage of 43 percent.^[1]

In 2023, he joined MLP Academics Heidelberg.

Player profile

Keßen mostly plays the Center position.^[2]

Keßen has been described as "a verbally extroverted" player.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Marcel Keßen wird neuer Phoenix-Kapitän Linda Sonnenberg (wp.de), 13 June 2022. Accessed 21 September 2023.(in German)
^ ^a ^b Marcel Keßen ist zurück: Nachrodter wird ein „Feuervogel“ come-on.de, 26 January 2021. Accessed 13 September 2023.(in German)