Please answer the following question: Facts: - clubs: sv eintracht salzwedel 1 . fc magdeburg - caps: 28 1 - position: defender - currentclub: 1 . fc magdeburg - height: 1.78 - years: 0000 -- 2008 2008 -- 2013 - clubnumber: 19 - youthclubs: sv eintracht salzwedel 1 . fc magdeburg rb leipzig - youthyears: 0000 -- 2008 2008 -- 2013 2013 -- 2014 - birth date: 19 january 1995 - fullname: michel niemeyer - name: michel niemeyer - birth place: salzwedel , germany - goals: 0 0 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michel niemeyer .
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michel niemeyer -lrb- born 19 january 1995 -rrb- is a german professional footballer who plays as a defender for 1 .fc magdeburg in the german 3 .liga .niemeyer was born in salzwedel in northeast saxony-anhalt and began playing football for his home-town club of sv eintracht salzwedel before moving on to 1 .fc magdeburg in 2008 .he joined the under 19 team of rb leipzig in 2013 .from 2014 he also played for the reserve team of that club , winning promotion to the regionalliga nordost in 2015 .however , he returned to 1 .fc magdeburg that summer , joining his former youth coach jens hartel who had joined magdeburg as a manager a year earlier .he signed a contract until june 2017 .he made his professional debut as a leftback in magdeburg 's 2-1 victory over fc rot-wei erfurt in the season opener of the 2015 -- 16 3 .liga season .