Marko Marin

For the art historian and theatre director, see Marko Marin (professor).

Not to be confused with Marco Marin.

Marko Marin

Personal information
Full name	Marko Marin
Date of birth	13 March 1989 (1989-03-13)
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
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–	SV Werder Bremen	77	(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 07:06, 30 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2011

Marko Marin (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Марин) (born 13 March 1989) is a German international footballer of Serb descent, playing for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga as a winger.

Early life

Marin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia 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.

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 SV Werder Bremen.

International career

In 2010, Marin stated that he never received a call from 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 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 European 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),^{[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 (2011 -09-11).

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Borussia Mönchengladbach II	2006–07	16	3	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	16	3	-
Borussia Mönchengladbach	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	Belgium	2–0	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)

External links

• Official website (German)
• Marko Marin at transfermarkt.de (German)
• Marko Marin at fussballdaten.de (German)
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
• Marko Marin at National-Football-Teams.com