Marko Marin

**Marko Marin** (born 13 March 1989 in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia) is a German former football player. He played for Chelsea FC and Germany national team.

## Career

At the age of two he and his parents came to Germany. There he started playing football in his local club SG 01 Hoechst and then with Eintracht Frankfurt. In 2006 he went to the  Borussia Mönchengladbach youth academy. 2007 he signed his first professional contract with Gladbach. His debut in the first squad was on 31 March 2007 against Eintracht Frankfurt. On 24 June 2009 he was sold for € 8.5 million from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Werder Bremen.

Because he never was contacted by the Bosnian association he decided to play for Germany. He played for the German U21 squad and 26 matches for the National football team.  He was part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. He came in two times as substitute.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Borussia Mönchengladbach II|2006–07|Regionalliga Nord|16|3|—|—|—|—|16|3||||||
|rowspan="4"|Borussia Mönchengladbach|2006–07|Bundesliga|4|0|0|0|—|—|—|4|0||||
|2007–08|2. Bundesliga|31|4|2|3|—|—|—|33|7||||||
|2008–09|Bundesliga|33|4|2|1|—|—|—|35|5||||||
|rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen|2009–10|Bundesliga|32|4|6|1|—|12|2|—|50|7|||
|2010–11|Bundesliga|34|3|2|1|—|8|1|—|44|5|||||
|2011–12|Bundesliga|21|1|1|0|—|—|—|22|1||||||
|Chelsea|2012–13|Premier League|6|1|3|0|3|0|3|0|1|0|16|1||
|Sevilla (loan)|2013–14|La Liga|18|0|0|0|—|12|2|—|30|2||||
|Fiorentina (loan)|2014–15|Serie A|0|0|0|0|—|4|2|—|4|2||||
|Anderlecht (loan)|2014–15|Belgian Pro League|6|0|2|0|—|—|—|8|0|||||
|Trabzonspor (loan)|2015–16|Süper Lig|24|2|5|0|—|—|—|29|2|||||
|rowspan="3"|Olympiacos|2016–17|Super League Greece|14|4|5|0|—|4|0|—|23|4|||
|2017–18|Super League Greece|23|7|6|0|—|7|1|—|36|8|||||
|rowspan="3"|Red Star Belgrade|2018–19|Serbian SuperLiga|22|6|4|0|—|5|1|—|31|7|||
|2019–20|Serbian SuperLiga|12|3|1|0|—|14|1|—|27|4|||||
|rowspan="3"|Al-Ahli Saudi FC|2019–20|Saudi Pro League|9|0|2|1|—|6|1|—|17|2|||
|2020–21|Saudi Pro League|8|1|1|0|—|—|—|9|1||||||

### International

- _Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Marin goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|20 August 2008|Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Borussia Mönchengladbach**
- 2. Bundesliga: 2007–08

**Werder Bremen**
- DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2009–10

**Chelsea**
- UEFA Europa League: 2012–13

**Sevilla**
- UEFA Europa League: 2013–14

**Olympiacos**
- Super League Greece: 2016–17

**Red Star Belgrade**
- Serbian SuperLiga: 2018–19

**Ferencváros**
- NB I: 2021–22
- Magyar Kupa: 2021–22

**Germany U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup third place: 2010

**Individual**
- Fritz Walter Medal: U17 Silver Medal 2006
- Fritz Walter Medal: U18 Gold Medal 2007
- Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Season: 2018–19
- Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2018–19

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Marko Marin
- **image**: Marko Marin (Sevilla) (cropped).jpg
- **upright**: 0.9
- **caption**: Marin playing for Sevilla FC, Sevilla in 2013
- **fullname**: Marko Marin
- **birth place**: Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosanska Gradiška,
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, winger (association football), winger
- **youthyears1**: –1996
- **youthclubs1**: SG 01 Hoechst
- **youthyears2**: 1996–2005
- **youthclubs2**: Eintracht Frankfurt
- **youthyears3**: 2005–2006
- **youthclubs3**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **years1**: 2006–2007
- **clubs1**: Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Mönchengladbach II
- **caps1**: 16
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 2007–2009
- **clubs2**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps2**: 68
- **goals2**: 8
- **years3**: 2009–2012
- **clubs3**: SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen
- **caps3**: 87
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2012–2016
- **clubs4**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2013–2014
- **clubs5**: → Sevilla FC, Sevilla (loan)
- **caps5**: 18
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2014–2015
- **clubs6**: → ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina (loan)
- **caps6**: 0
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2015
- **clubs7**: → R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht (loan)
- **caps7**: 6
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2015–2016
- **clubs8**: → Trabzonspor (loan)
- **caps8**: 24
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2016–2018
- **clubs9**: Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos
- **caps9**: 37
- **goals9**: 11
- **years10**: 2018–2020
- **clubs10**: Red Star Belgrade
- **caps10**: 34
- **goals10**: 9
- **years11**: 2020–2021
- **clubs11**: Al Ahli Saudi FC, Al-Ahli
- **caps11**: 18
- **goals11**: 1
- **years12**: 2021
- **clubs12**: → Al Raed FC, Al-Raed (loan)
- **caps12**: 10
- **goals12**: 0
- **years13**: 2021–2022
- **clubs13**: Ferencvárosi TC, Ferencváros
- **caps13**: 17
- **goals13**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 341
- **totalgoals**: 45
- **nationalyears1**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 16
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **nationalyears3**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2007–2009
- **nationalteam4**: Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 12
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **nationalyears5**: 2008–2010
- **nationalteam5**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps5**: 16
- **nationalgoals5**: 1