Marko Marin

Marko Marin
Marin playing for Sevilla in 2013
Personal information
Full name Marko Marin[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-13) 13 March 1989[2]
Place of birth Bosanska Gradiška,
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
0000–1996 SG 01 Hoechst
1996–2005 Eintracht Frankfurt
2005–2006 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 16 (3)
2007–2009 Borussia Mönchengladbach 68 (8)
2009–2012 Werder Bremen 87 (8)
2012–2016 Chelsea 6 (1)
2013–2014 → Sevilla (loan) 18 (0)
2014–2015 → Fiorentina (loan) 0 (0)
2015 → Anderlecht (loan) 6 (0)
2015–2016 → Trabzonspor (loan) 24 (2)
2016–2018 Olympiacos 37 (11)
2018–2020 Red Star Belgrade 34 (9)
2020–2021 Al-Ahli 18 (1)
2021 → Al-Raed (loan) 10 (0)
2021–2022 Ferencváros 17 (2)
Total 341 (45)
International career
2004–2005 Germany U16 9 (0)
2005–2006 Germany U17 16 (5)
2006–2007 Germany U18 4 (2)
2007–2009 Germany U21 12 (1)
2008–2010 Germany 16 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Third place2010 South AfricaTeam
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2009 SwedenTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marko Marin (born 13 March 1989 in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia) is a German former football player. He played for Chelsea FC and Germany national team.

Career

Marko Marin playing for Werder Bremen

At the age of two he and his parents came to Germany. There he started playing football in his local club SG 01 Hoechst and then with Eintracht Frankfurt. In 2006 he went to the Borussia Mönchengladbach youth academy. 2007 he signed his first professional contract with Gladbach. His debut in the first squad was on 31 March 2007 against Eintracht Frankfurt. On 24 June 2009 he was sold for € 8.5 million from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Werder Bremen.

Because he never was contacted by the Bosnian association he decided to play for Germany. He played for the German U21 squad and 26 matches for the National football team. He was part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. He came in two times as substitute.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][5][6]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2006–07 Regionalliga Nord 163————163
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2006–07 Bundesliga 4000———40
2007–08 2. Bundesliga 31423———337
2008–09 Bundesliga 33421———355
Total 68844———7212
Werder Bremen 2009–10 Bundesliga 32461—12[a]2—507
2010–11 Bundesliga 34321—8[b]1—445
2011–12 Bundesliga 21110———221
Total 87892—203—11613
Chelsea 2012–13 Premier League 6130303[a]01[c]0161
Sevilla (loan) 2013–14 La Liga 18000—12[a]2—302
Fiorentina (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 0000—4[a]2—42
Anderlecht (loan) 2014–15 Belgian Pro League 6020———80
Trabzonspor (loan) 2015–16 Süper Lig 24250———292
Olympiacos 2016–17 Super League Greece 14450—4[a]0—234
2017–18 Super League Greece 23760—7[b]1—368
Total 3711110—111—5912
Red Star Belgrade 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 22640—5[b]1—317
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 12310—14[b]1—274
Total 34950—192—5811
Al-Ahli Saudi FC 2019–20 Saudi Pro League 9021—6[d]1—172
2020–21 Saudi Pro League 8110———91
Total 17231—61—263
Career total 313434273075111043461
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League

International

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Marin goal.
International goal scored by Marko Marin
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
120 August 2008Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany Belgium2–02–0Friendly

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Werder Bremen

Chelsea

Sevilla

  • UEFA Europa League: 2013–14[2]

Olympiacos

Red Star Belgrade

  • Serbian SuperLiga: 2018–19

Ferencváros

  • NB I: 2021–22
  • Magyar Kupa: 2021–22

Germany U21

Germany

Individual

  • Fritz Walter Medal: U17 Silver Medal 2006[9]
  • Fritz Walter Medal: U18 Gold Medal 2007[10]
  • Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Season: 2018–19
  • Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2018–19

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by TOYOTA – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "M. Marin". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Player Profile: Marko Marin". Premier League. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Marko Marin at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Marko Marin". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Marko Marin (Crvena zvezda) - Profil igrača - Rezultati.com". www.rezultati.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Germany claim first Under-21 crown". UEFA. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Germany pip Uruguay to third place". FIFA.com. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "ritz-Walter-Medaille wurde vor Länderspiel gegen Schweden verliehen" (in German). DFB. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ausgezeichnet! Diese Jungstars holten Gold" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 18 July 2014.