Marcus Piossek

Marcus Piossek

Personal information
Full name	Marcus Piossek
Date of birth	July 21, 1989 (1989-07-21) (age 22)
Place of birth	Lippstadt, Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Karlsruher SC
Number	7
Youth career
0000 –2004	SV Lippstadt 08
2004–2008	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2010	Borussia Dortmund II	57	(6)
2010–2011	Rot Weiss Ahlen	35	(7)
2011–	Karlsruher SC	0	(0)
National team‡
2009	Germany U-20	1	(0)
2009	Poland U-21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2010

Marcus Piossek (born July 21, 1989 in Lippstadt) is a Polish-German footballer who plays for Karlsruher SC as a midfielder.

Career

Club

In his youth, Marcus Piossek played first for the SV Lippstadt 08, in 2004 he moved to Borussia Dortmund. He was deployed from the 2006/07 season, sporadically in the second senior team in the Regionalliga. Since the 2008/09 season he was finally down to the squad and denied after their promotion to the 3rd League on 25 July 2009 his professional debut in the season opener 4-3 defeat at Wacker Burghausen.

In June 2010, he moved to Rot Weiss Ahlen on one year contract.^[1] After 2010-2011 season, he joined 2.Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC.^[2]

National team

In 2009 Piossek was appointed for the first time in a selection team of the German Football Association. For the German U-20 he played a game against Switzerland, but changed his mind a few weeks later, and plays for the Polish Association.^[3]

References

1. ^ Marcus Piossek w Rot Weiss Ahlen 5.09.2010, 90minut.pl
2. ^ 2. Bundesliga: Nowy klub utalentowanego polskiego pomocnika 16.05.2011, sportowefakty.pl
3. ^ DerWesten: Aufstand am Tabellenende - "Diese Liga ist wahnsinnig"

External links

• Spielerprofil bei kicker.de (German)
• Profile at Transfermarkt (English)

Persondata
Name	Piossek, Marcus
Alternative names
Short description	German-Polish footballer
Date of birth	1989-07-21
Place of birth	Germany
Date of death
Place of death