EM 2021: He was one of the strangest Jogi debutants - now he's starting at Euro as a TV expert

Numerous experienced experts are on duty at the EM, and the ZDF has now presented another specialist for the EM.

He played exactly once for the DFB-Elf.

Mainz - ZDF is getting ready for the European Football Championship *, several moderators and experts were presented before the pan-European tournament.

As the public broadcaster announced, another former Bundesliga professional and ex-national player is joining the team of experts.

The future TV expert was only able to book one outing for the German national team and is still one of the bizarre debutants under national coach * Jogi Löw.

EM 2021: ZDF presents ex-national players as experts - he was once on the pitch with the DFB stars

On November 19, 2008, the German Football Association received England in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

In addition to the EM finalists such as Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski or Miroslav Klose, there was also a newcomer on the field: Marvin Compper.

The defender plowed the left side for 77 minutes before being replaced by today's Wolfsburg sports director Marcel Schäfer.

For the then TSG 1899 Hoffenheim * professional, the last game was the last with the eagle on his chest.

Now Compper will present his expertise in the ZDF morning magazine, next Monday the longstanding professional will have his first appearance in the second on his 36th birthday.

Compper will be presented as a "new addition" in the midday magazine on Friday at 1 p.m., thus completing the group of experts.

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“Marvin Compper is expanding our team of experts with whom we are competing at this European Football Championship: Per Mertesacker, Christoph Kramer, Sandro Wagner *, Peter Hyballa, Manuel Gräfe or Marvin Compper - our live reporting offers a high level of expertise in analysis the games ”, says ZDF sports director Thomas Fuhrmann happily.

EM 2021: Marvin Compper hires as an expert at ZDF - experienced defender also played abroad

Compper is not only known as an eloquent and personable player. In his prime he was considered a reliable central defender, played a key role in the Hoffenheim blitz start after the Bundesliga * promotion in 2008 and was under contract with RB Leipzig and MSV Duisburg, among others. The native of Tübingen was most recently an assistant coach at the Meiderichern, but has to leave the third division at the end of the season. The German-French also took the chance to play abroad and played for Fiorentina and Celtic Glasgow. In Scotland he won the cup and championship double in 2018.

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