After three years in the Volleyball-boarding school Frankfurt, he went to the first division club VfB Friedrichshafenin in 1999, won his first championship in 2000, and made it to the final of the Champions League in 2000.

In the following European Volleyball Championship in Germany, he was one of the best players, second in the Top-Scorer Ranking and got elected German Volleyball-player of the year 2003.

For the playoffs he was hired by the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus but followed his contract with Padova the next championship.

In 2012, he won the 2012 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship with Al Arabi and was Top Scorer of the tournament.

[1] Since 2016 Pampel is Head Coach and Player of TSV Mimmenhausen in the 2nd Bundesliga Germany (until 2018 one League below).