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Marko Marin 
Personal information Full name Marko Marin Date of birth 13 March 1989 Place of birth Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Playing position Winger/Attacking midfielder Club information Current club Werder Bremen Number 10 Youth career –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– Werder Bremen 71 (7) National team‡ 2007–2010 Germany U21 12 (1) 2008– Germany 16 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:42, 11 September 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2011Marko Marin (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Марин) (born 13 March 1989) is a German international footballer of Bosnian Serb[1][2] descent, playing for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga as a winger.
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Early life
Marin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia to parents mother Borka and father Ranko.[3] Marin was only two years old when the family moved to Germany in 1991 due to his mother's job.[1] Growing up in Frankfurt, young Marko soon decided to take up football with local clubs. His childhood football idol was Dejan Savićević,[2] and his favorite team is Red Star Belgrade.
Club career
Marin with Werder Bremen
He began his footballing career as a youth player, 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.
International career
In 2010, Marin stated that he never received a call from Bosnia and Herzegovina, so he decided to play for Germany.[1][2]
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.[4] 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 European team in the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup.[5][6]
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),[citation needed] 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,[citation needed] Marin was not selected for any more games in the tournament.
Career statistics
Club performance
As of 11 September 2011[update]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Borussia M'gladbach II 2006–07 16 3 - 0 0 0 - - - 16 3 - Borussia M'gladbach 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 2009–10 32 4 11 5 1 2 12 2 1 49 7 14 2010–11 34 3 11 2 1 0 8 1 1 44 5 12 2011–12 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, Nuremberg, Germany 
Belgium2–0 2–0 Friendly 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)
References
- ^ a b c "Marin: Nikada me nisu zvali da igram za BiH [Marin: They never called me to play for BiH]" (in Serbo-Croatian). ljiljan.ba. 4 June 2010. http://sport.ljiljan.ba/bs/vijesti/marin%3A-nikada-me-nisu-zvali-da-igram-za-bih. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ a b c ""Nikad me nisu zvali da igram za reprezentaciju BiH"" (in Serbo-Croatian). sarajevo-x.com. 7 July 2010. http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/100707028. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ "Introducing… Marko Marin". Goal.com. 22 August 2008. http://www.goal.com/en/news/15/germany/2008/08/22/829693/introducingmarko-marin. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ "Marin left out of Germany squad". BBC Sport. 18 May 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/germany/7418432.stm?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=780. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ "Europe's Meridian squad selected". uefa.com. 21 February 2007. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080219054347/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/meridian/news/kind=1/newsid=509113.html. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- ^ "U 21 Men Team". dfb.de. 5 February 2008. http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500412&action=showPlayer&player=marin_marko&lang=E&cHash=e5566580ab. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
External links
- Official website (German)
- Marko Marin at transfermarkt.de (German)
- Marko Marin at fussballdaten.de (German)
Germany squads Germany squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (1st Title) 
Germany squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Neuer • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Aogo • 5 Tasci • 6 Khedira • 7 Schweinsteiger (v-c) • 8 Özil • 9 Kießling • 10 Podolski • 11 Klose • 12 Wiese • 13 Müller • 14 Badstuber • 15 Trochowski • 16 Lahm (c) • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Kroos • 19 Cacau • 20 Boateng • 21 Marin • 22 Butt • 23 Gómez • Coach: LöwWerder Bremen – current squad 1 Wiese · 2 Boenisch · 4 Naldo · 5 Wesley · 6 Borowski · 7 Arnautović · 8 Fritz · 9 Avdić · 10 Marin · 11 Rosenberg · 13 Schmitz · 14 Hunt · 15 Prödl · 16 Silvestre · 17 Ignjovski · 18 Kroos · 19 Wagner · 20 Ekici · 21 Mielitz · 22 Papastathopoulos · 23 Wolf · 24 Pizarro · 25 Trybull · 26 Hartherz · 31 P. Stevanović · 32 Yildirim · 33 Vander · 34 A. Stevanović · 35 Trinks · 36 Thy · 37 Balogun · 38 Schoppenhauer · 44 Bargfrede · 46 Ayık · Coach: Schaaf
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Gradiška
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- German people of Serbian descent
- Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
- Serbian footballers
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Association football midfielders
- Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Germany
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
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