Marcus Forss
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Forss[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 June 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Turku, Finland[2] | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ruskon Pallo | |||
TuWe | |||
–2012 | FDS-WBA Finland | ||
2012–2017 | West Bromwich | ||
2017–2018 | Brentford | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Brentford | 8 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 18 | (11) |
International career‡ | |||
Finland U17 | 4 | (2) | |
2016–2017 | Finland U18 | 5 | (4) |
2017–2018 | Finland U19 | 6 | (3) |
2018– | Finland U21 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:34, 26 March 2019 (UTC) |
Marcus Forss (born 18 June 1999) is a Finnish professional football forward who plays for English club Brentford. He is a product of the West Bromwich Albion academy and is a current Finland U21 international.
Club career
Early years
A forward, Forss began his career in his native Finland with spells at FC Ruskon Pallo, TuWe and the FDS-Suomi football school.[4][5] At age 13,[6] he moved to England to join the academy at Premier League club West Bromwich Albion and progressed to sign a two-year scholarship deal in 2015.[7] He was called into the U21 squad for two EFL Trophy matches in the first half of the 2016–17 season and made one appearance,[8] with a start in a 2–0 group stage defeat to Gillingham on 8 November 2016.[9] Forss was released when his scholarship ended in May 2017.[10]
Brentford
On 22 June 2017, Forss joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract.[10] After scoring 11 goals in his first 23 B team appearances, he signed a new 3+1⁄2-year contract in February 2018.[11] He finished the 2017–18 season as the B team's top scorer with 21 goals and won the team's Player of the Year award.[12] Forss was promoted into the first team squad for the 2018–19 season and despite missing five months of the campaign with a back injury,[13][14][15] he was a regular inclusion in matchday squads when fit and finished the season with 9 appearances and two goals.[16] After one goal in three early-2019–20 season appearances,[17] Forss signed a new four-year contract and departed Griffin Park on a season-long loan.[18] The loan was ended early in January 2020,[19] due to a torn hamstring,[20] which required surgery.[21]
AFC Wimbledon (loan)
On 2 September 2019, Forss joined League One club AFC Wimbledon on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[18] He scored seven goals in his first seven appearances for the club and scored the first senior hat-trick of his career in a 4–1 victory over Southend United on 12 October.[17] Four goals in five appearances in October 2019 won Forss the EFL Young Player of the Month award.[22] Four further goals in December 2019 saw him nominated for the League One Player of the Month award.[23] By the time his spell was ended early by injury on 14 January 2020, he had scored 11 goals in 19 appearances.[24]
International career
Forss has been capped by Finland at U17, U18, U19 and U21 level.[10][25] He captained the U19 team,[26] but was not included in the squad for the 2018 European U19 Championship on home soil due to club commitments.[27]
Personal life
Forss hails from a football family.[28] His father (Tero) and brother (Niclas) are both involved in football and his grandfather is former Finland international Rainer Forss.[28] He is a Manchester United supporter.[6]
Honours
- EFL Young Player of the Month: October 2019[22]
- Brentford B Player of the Year: 2017–18[12]
Career statistics
- As of match played 4 August 2020
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
West Bromwich Albion U21 | 2016–17[9] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Brentford | 2018–19[29] | Championship | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | |
2019–20[17] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Total | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2019–20[17] | League One | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 11 | |
Career total | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 14 |
- ^ a b Appearance in EFL Trophy
References
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2017 and 30/06/2017" (PDF). The FA. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Marcus Forss :: Marcus Forss :: Brentford". www.thefinalball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Forss – Forward – First Team – Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "U19 (1999) maajoukkue | Suomen Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Int. Junior-Fussball Hallencup Schärding". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ a b Slavin, Chris. "Debut goal provides 'massive' boost for Marcus ahead of Shrewsbury". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ Whaling, James. "See the full West Brom Premier League squad list". mirror. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Marcus Forss Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Marcus Forss in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Brentford FC Brentford B add Marcus Forss to squad". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Brentford FC Marcus Forss signs new contract". Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Marcus Forss scoops Mary Halder Award". Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Mads and Marcus promoted to First Team". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Head of Medical Neil Greig provides an injury update". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Sheffield Wednesday vs Brentford preview". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Forss Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Games played by Marcus Forss in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Marcus Forss signs new long-term contract and joins AFC Wimbledon on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Forss returns to Brentford". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Fifield, Dominic. "Brentford B: the globetrotting reserve team who rebelled..." The Athletic. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Going with youth pays dividends at AFC Wimbledon – as Hodges would like to sign replacement for Brentford striker". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Marcus Forss wins Young Player of the Month prize". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Forss misses out on Sky Bet League One Player of the Month prize". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Update: Marcus returns to Brentford after suffering injury". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Marcus Forss at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Marcus Forss captains Finland Under-19". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Jaakko named in Finland Under-19 squad". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Två generationer Forss fortsätter i BK-46" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Marcus Forss in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
External links
- Marcus Forss – SPL competition record
- Marcus Forss – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Marcus Forss at Soccerbase
- Marcus Forss at brentfordfc.com
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Brentford F.C. players
- 1999 births
- Association football forwards
- Finland youth international footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- English Football League players
- Sportspeople from Turku
- AFC Wimbledon players
- Expatriate footballers in England