Marko Marin
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Marko Marin (born 13 March 1989) is a German
international
footballer of Bosnian Serb descent, playing for Werder Bremen
in the Bundesliga
as a winger.
to parents mother Borka and father Ranko. Marin was only two years old when the family moved to Germany
in 1991 due to his mother's job. Growing up in Frankfurt
, young Marko soon decided to take up football with local clubs. His childhood football idol was Dejan Savićević
, and his favorite team is Red Star Belgrade
.
, first with SG 01 Hoechst
and then with Eintracht Frankfurt
.
In 2006 the player left Eintracht to move to Borussia Mönchengladbach
youth academy. After a year at Mönchengladbach's academy he was offered a three year contract which he signed and later went on to make his professional debut with the club on 31 March 2007 against Eintracht Frankfurt
. On 9 August 2008 Marin scored a hat-trick in Mönchengladbach's 8–1 thrashing of seventh division club VfB Fichte Bielefeld
in the first round of the DFB Cup.
On 24 June 2009 he was sold for € 8.5 million from Borussia Mönchengladbach
to Werder Bremen
.
Reports surfaced in 2011 of the winger making a switch to numerous clubs but as yet Werder Bremen have received no contact from any clubs regarding his sale.
, so he decided to play for Germany.
In 2007 the player also received a call up to his under-21 national squad
and has since played on 9 occasions. On 16 May 2008 it was announced that Marin would be included in German national team
coach Joachim Löw's provisional 26-man squad for Euro 2008, but he did not make the final 23. He made his debut on 27 May 2008 in a 2–2 draw against Belarus
. Marin entered the game as a half-time substitution for Bastian Schweinsteiger
. He was eventually cut from the final squad on 28 May 2008.
In the same year, on 20 August he made his second appearance for Germany and scored his first goal in a friendly match against Belgium. Marin is a German under-21
international football player, he was also picked for the Europe
an team in the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
.
Marko Marin was included in Germany's provisional squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa announced in May 2010, and following a string of impressive performances in warm-up games (most of which he played as a substitute), was named in the final 23-man squad. He would go on to play twice at the World Cup in South Africa, both as a substitute in Germany's 4–0 win over Australia and in the subsequent 1–0 loss to Serbia. However, after disappointing performances, notably in the game against Serbia, Marin was not selected for any more games in the tournament.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
international
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
footballer of Bosnian Serb descent, playing for Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
in the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
as a winger.
Early life
Marin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR YugoslaviaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
to parents mother Borka and father Ranko. Marin was only two years old when the family moved to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1991 due to his mother's job. Growing up in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, young Marko soon decided to take up football with local clubs. His childhood football idol was Dejan Savićević
Dejan Savicevic
Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....
, and his favorite team is Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
.
Club career
He began his footballing career as a youth playerYouth system
Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams...
, first with SG 01 Hoechst
Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)
Höchst is a district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk West, and is subdivided into 4 Stadtbezirke.Höchst am Main became part of Frankfurt am Main in 1928 together with its boroughs Sindlingen, Unterliederbach and Zeilsheim. It is situated 10 km west of downtown...
and then with Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
.
In 2006 the player left Eintracht to move to Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
youth academy. After a year at Mönchengladbach's academy he was offered a three year contract which he signed and later went on to make his professional debut with the club on 31 March 2007 against Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
. On 9 August 2008 Marin scored a hat-trick in Mönchengladbach's 8–1 thrashing of seventh division club VfB Fichte Bielefeld
VfB Fichte Bielefeld
VfB Fichte Bielefeld is a German association football club based in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed out of the merger of VfB Bielefeld 03 and SpVgg Fichte Bielefeld 06/07 on 1 July 1999.-History:...
in the first round of the DFB Cup.
On 24 June 2009 he was sold for € 8.5 million from Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
to Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
.
Reports surfaced in 2011 of the winger making a switch to numerous clubs but as yet Werder Bremen have received no contact from any clubs regarding his sale.
International career
In 2010, Marin stated that he never received a call from Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina national football team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, so he decided to play for Germany.
In 2007 the player also received a call up to his under-21 national squad
Germany national under-21 football team
The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association , the governing body of football in Germany....
and has since played on 9 occasions. On 16 May 2008 it was announced that Marin would be included in German national team
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
coach Joachim Löw's provisional 26-man squad for Euro 2008, but he did not make the final 23. He made his debut on 27 May 2008 in a 2–2 draw against Belarus
Belarus national football team
The Belarus national football team represents Belarus in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk...
. Marin entered the game as a half-time substitution for Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayern Munich and the German national team. A right-footed player, he is capable of playing out wide or in a more central role....
. He was eventually cut from the final squad on 28 May 2008.
In the same year, on 20 August he made his second appearance for Germany and scored his first goal in a friendly match against Belgium. Marin is a German under-21
Germany national under-21 football team
The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association , the governing body of football in Germany....
international football player, he was also picked for the Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an team in the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
The UEFA/CAF Meridian Cup features Under-18 representative sides from Europe and Africa, and is part of the co-operation programme between UEFA and the CAF.-Meridian Project:...
.
Marko Marin was included in Germany's provisional squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa announced in May 2010, and following a string of impressive performances in warm-up games (most of which he played as a substitute), was named in the final 23-man squad. He would go on to play twice at the World Cup in South Africa, both as a substitute in Germany's 4–0 win over Australia and in the subsequent 1–0 loss to Serbia. However, after disappointing performances, notably in the game against Serbia, Marin was not selected for any more games in the tournament.
Club performance
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Borussia M'gladbach II Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth... |
2006–07 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Borussia M'gladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth... |
2006–07 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2007–08 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 35 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... |
2009–10 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 47th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart. The last games were played on 8 May 2010... |
32 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 7 | 14 |
| 2010–11 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter... |
34 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2011–12 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga is the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the season opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012... |
5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Career Total | 155 | 18 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 187 | 27 | 53 | |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 August 2008 | Frankenstadion Frankenstadion The Frankenstadion is a stadium in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, which was opened in 1928. It is located next to the Zeppelinfeld. It also neighbors the new Nuremberg Arena.... , Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
Club
Borussia Mönchengladbach- 2. Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
: 2007–08
Country
Germany- UEFA European Under-21 Football ChampionshipUEFA European Under-21 Football ChampionshipThe European Under-21 Football Championship is a football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. It is held every two years. The competition has existed in its current form since 1978. It was preceded by the Under 23 Challenge Cup which ran from 1967 to 1970...
: 20092009 UEFA European Under-21 Football ChampionshipThe 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006-07 competition, which allowed the change to... - FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
: Third place – Bronze medal (20102010 FIFA World CupThe 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
)
Individual
- Fritz-Walter-Medal 2006 in Silver (Category U17)
- Fritz-Walter-Medal 2007 in Gold (Category U18)
External links
- Marko Marin at transfermarkt.de