Career
Hesl joined Hamburger SV in 2004 and was part of the club"s first team since the beginning of the 2005-2006 season. He also appeared in four Union of European Football Associations Europa League matches for Hamburg during the 2009-2010 season. When Jaroslav Drobný joined Hamburg in the summer of 2010, Hesl would have been only third choice and was therefore loaned out to Austrian side SV Ried for one season.
He returned to Hamburger SV at the end of the 2010-2011 season, but as he would still have been number three goalkeeper in Hamburg he decided to join Dynamo Dresden.
Personal life
Wolfgang Hesl is married to Stephanie Ries-Hesl. The couple got married on 23 December 2009 in Schwarzenfeld followed by a religious ceremony on 5 June 2010 in Rottendorf.