Career
Besides playing for the youth teams of 1. Football Club Pleinfeld and 1. Football Club Nürnberg, he also played for SSV Jahn Regensburg in the Under 19 Bundesliga before joining Football Club Ingolstadt in 2009. With Ingolstadt"s second team he gained promotion to the Regionalliga Süd in 2011.
After playing four seasons for Ingolstadt II, he moved to Augsburg and played one season with Football Club Augsburg II in the Regionalliga Bayern.
In summer 2014, Herzel returned to Regensburg and made his professional debut on 26 July 2014 in a 3. Liga match against MSV Duisburg.