Marcus Forss
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Forss[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 June 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Finland | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Ruskon Pallo | |||
TuWe | |||
FDS-Suomi | |||
–2017 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Finland U17 | 4 | (2) | |
2016–2017 | Finland U18 | 5 | (4) |
2017–2018 | Finland U19 | 6 | (3) |
2018– | Finland U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 5 September 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:43, 7 September 2018 (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.[3][4] He later moved to England to join the academy at Premier League club West Bromwich Albion and signed a two-year scholarship deal in 2015.[5] 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,[6] with a start in a 2–0 group stage defeat to Gillingham on 8 November 2016.[7] Forss was released when his scholarship ended in May 2017.[8]
Brentford
On 22 June 2017, Forss joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract.[8] After scoring 11 goals in his first 23 B team appearances, he signed a new three-and-a-half year contract in February 2018.[9] 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.[10] He was promoted into the first team squad during the 2018 off-season.[11] Forss made the first professional appearance of his career with a start in Brentford's EFL Cup first round match versus Southend United on 14 August 2018 and opened the scoring in the 4–2 victory.[12]
International career
Forss has been capped by Finland at U17, U18, U19 and U21 level.[8][13] He captained the U19 team,[14] but was not included in the squad for the 2018 European U19 Championship on home soil due to club commitments.[15]
Personal life
Forss hails from a football family.[16] His father (Tero) and brother (Niclas) are both involved in football, as manager and player at BK-46 respectively and his grandfather is former Finland international Rainer Forss.[16]
Honours
- Brentford B Player of the Year: 2017–18[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 1 September 2018
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 U23 | 2016–17[7] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Brentford | 2018–19[12] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
- ^ 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 – Forward – Brentford B – Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "U19 (1999) maajoukkue | Suomen Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Int. Junior-Fussball Hallencup Schärding". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ Whaling, James. "See the full West Brom Premier League squad list". mirror. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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(help) - ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Games played by Marcus Forss in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Finland – M. Forss – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. 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.
External links
- Marcus Forss at Soccerbase
- Marcus Forss at brentfordfc.com