Marko Marin

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Marko Marin
Full name	Marko Marin
Date of birth	March 13, 1989 (1989-03-13) (age 19)
Place of birth	Bosanska Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Winger,Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Youth clubs
–2005 2005–2007	SG 01 Hoechst Eintracht Frankfurt Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007–	Borussia Mönchengladbach	035 0(4)
National team²
2007– 2008–	German U-21 Germany	04 0(1) 01 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 23, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 27, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Marko Marin (born March 13, 1989 in Bosanska Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a professional German footballer playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German 2. Bundesliga as a Winger. Marin is a German under 21 international football player, he was also picked for the European team in the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Career

He began his footballing career as a youth player, first with SG 01 Hoechst and then with Eintracht Frankfurt, then in 2006 the player left Eintracht to move to Borussia Mönchengladbach youth academy. After a year at Mönchengladbach's academy he was offered a 3 year contract which he signed and later went on to make his professional debut with the club.

In 2007 the player also received a call up to his under-21 national squad and has since played on three occasions. On May 16, 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, surprisingly, did not make the final 23.^[3] He made his debut on May 27, 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 May 28, 2008.