Marko Marin

Marko Marin

Marko Marin
Personal information
Full name	Marko Marin
Date of birth	(1989-03-13) 13 March 1989
Place of birth	Bosanska Gradiška, Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Number	10
Youth career
0000–1996 1996–2005 2005–2007	SG 01 Höchst Eintracht Frankfurt Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2012 2012–2016 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2016 2016–2018 2018–2019 2020-	Borussia Mönchengladbach II Borussia Mönchengladbach Werder Bremen Chelsea F.C. Sevilla F.C. ACF Fiorentina RSC Anderlecht Trabzonspor Olympiacos F.C. Red Star Belgrade al-Ahli SC
National team
2007– 2008–	Germany U-21 Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Honours

Club

Borussia Mönchengladbach

• 2. Bundesliga: 2007–08

Country

Germany

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 2009
• FIFA World Cup: Third place – Bronze medal (2010)

Individual

• Fritz-Walter-Medal 2006 in Silver (Category U17)
• Fritz-Walter-Medal 2007 in Gold (Category U18)

The Fritz Walter medal is presented by the DFB to the three best youth players of Germany.

Club career statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2006/07	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	Regionalliga Nord	16	3	–		–		16	3
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1. Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	–		4	0
2007/08		2. Bundesliga	31	4	2	1	–		33	5
2008/09		1. Bundesliga	33	4	2	3	–		35	7
2009/10	Werder Bremen		32	4	6	1	10	2	48	7
2010/11
2012/2013	Chelsea
2013/2014
Total			116	15	10	5	10	2	136	22

International career statistics

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	4	1
2009	3	0
2010	4	0
Total	11	1