Marco Reus
Marco Reus in the national team (2012 )
Marco Reus ( born May 31, 1989 in Dortmund ) is a German footballer who is since 2012 with Borussia Dortmund accrued under contract and for the German national football team.
Childhood and education
Marco Reus grew up in the district of Dortmund graininess in modest circumstances on with two older sisters. His father was a fitter, his mother an office clerk. According to information Reus began at the age of four years at the football games. He attended the Max -Born -Realschule in isopods and then the main school in Wickede. Training as a retail salesman broke Reus in favor of his career as a professional footballer from. He is one of the Czech football player Tomáš Rosický to his models.
Career
Clubs
He changed the age of six in the youth department of Borussia Dortmund and in the second B- Youth - year to Rot Weiss Ahlen. In Ahlen he played U17 and U19 then. In the first year the attacking midfielder on average in almost every second game scored a goal ( ten goals in 21 games ) and was therefore used five times in the U- 23 of Westphalia in the big leagues. Here, in his first two games, he scored a goal each. The following year, he increased his goal tally to twelve in 19 female youth games. At the same time he was included in the squad for the first team and it only took until the twelfth game day, until he first played for the Regional team. After that, he came off the bench 14 times in the last half hour, twice he played from the beginning. He scored a goal on the final day, as the climb was done perfectly to the 2nd Bundesliga.
In the 2008 /09 season Reus succeeded with 19 years of breakthrough in professional football. In the first match he was substituted at half-time. On Matchday he was in the starting lineup and scored his first Profitor. After that he became a regular player and came to a total of 27 missions and four hits. Ahlen finished the season in tenth place in the table.
For the 2009/10 season Reus moved for about one million euros for first division club Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he signed a contract until 30 June 2013. Also in the top division, he was the first Round of the square, first as a substitute and after a few months in the first eleven. On 28 August 2009 Reus scored in the game against 1 FSV Mainz 05 after a solo run over 54 yards his first Bundesliga goal. Only one match Reus missed this season, plus he scored eight goals. The following year he was top scorer with ten goals in Borussia, he prepared to nine matches ago. On 2 November 2010 he extended his contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach prematurely until 30 June 2015. However, the team had a total of one bad season and spent the majority of game days on the bottom of the table. It was not until the penultimate round she was able to escape on the 16th Place and reach the play-offs. After the first leg against second division VfL Bochum Third was won 1-0, Reus secured the return match the deficit to 1-1 draw in the league.
The 2011/12 season was for Borussia different than the year before. On Matchday Monchengladbach took over the top spot after a 4-1 win over VfL Wolfsburg to the Reus contributed two goals. 11 to 13 Gameday he scored seven goals in three games and thus secured three victories in a row. Already the winter break has been speculation about a change of club. On January 4, 2012 Borussia Moenchengladbach announced that Reus will leave the club at end of season. Reus used a get-out clause that would allow him to opt for a transfer fee of 17 million euros early from his contract. On the same day Borussia Dortmund announced the signing of Reus from the 2012/13 season. He signed a five-year contract until 30 June 2017. In the second half Reus doubled his goal tally and standing on end with 18 goals in fourth place of the top scorers in the league. Gladbach reached the fourth place in the table and thus the Champions League qualifiers.
After moving to Borussia Dortmund Reus scored his first two Goals in official matches in the first round of the DFB - Pokal 2012/13 against the third division FC Oberneuland and in the first league match against Werder Bremen. On 3 October 2012, he scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League for interim 1-0 in group play at Manchester City ( Result: 1-1). After successes over FC Malaga and Real Madrid finally Reus reached Dortmund the final, which they lost 1-2 against Bayern Munich. In the Bundesliga, he added, with 14 goals for runner-up.
National
For the German junior national teams Marco Reus was only discovered in August 2009, when he was used in two friendly matches of the U -21.
On 6 May 2010 Reus was first nominated by national coach Joachim Loew for the match against Malta and thus for the national team. However, participation in this international game he had to cancel due to injury. For the match against Denmark on August 11, 2010, he was re-appointed in the cadre of senior team. However, because of a flu infection, he also had to cancel this game. On 12 May 2011 he was appointed the third time by Loew in the squad. He should play on May 29, 2011 in Sinsheim against Uruguay for the German team. But here he had to cancel due to a muscle problem, just for the next qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Austria. For the game against Austria and Poland early September 2011 Reus had to decline because of a pubic bone irritation Loew's invitation for the fourth time.
On October 7, 2011 Reus finally made his senior international debut in the European Championship qualifier against Turkey, when he came on as a substitute just before the final whistle. Against Belgium four days later, he played just 20 minutes. After that, he was also invited to the EM- up matches. On May 26, 2012, he scored his first international goal with the intermediate 3:4 in 3:5 defeat against Switzerland. Subsequently, he was included in the German Championship squad, in which he, however, did not belong to the first team and in the group stage was not used. In the quarterfinals against Greece then turned coach Joachim Loew to the offensive line and brought him into the starting lineup. By predetermining forming 4:1 ( Full 4:2 ) Reus succeeded in the game of his first competitive goal for the German national team. The gate was voted Goal of the month of June. Then he had to Lukas Podolski soft in the semi-final against Italy again. Reus was substituted early in the second half when the score was 0:2. 61 minutes in, he had a good chance to kick the first goal, Gianluigi Buffon but could not overcome. The German team eventually lost 1-2.
On the first day of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup Reus played in the 3-0 win over the Faroe Islands from the beginning. However, he could only put little accents in the new game system by Joachim Löw with only one " six " instead of a " double-six " in cooperation with the other actors in the midfield ( Mesut Özil, Thomas Müller and former team-mate Mario Gotze ). On the second day Reus scored in the 2-1 win against Austria the interim 1-0 lead, but was replaced due to injury at half-time against Mario Götze. In a 6-1 away win against Ireland on October 12, 2012 in Dublin reach Reus two hits for temporary 2-0 lead. On Matchday Reus prepared two goals in front against the Swedish selection at the 4:4 draw.
Achievements
Borussia Dortmund
- Champions League finalists: 2013
- German Vice-Champion: 2013
- Supercup winner: 2013
Awards
- Best fielder of the 2011/12 season, chosen by the professionals of the Bundesliga
- Germany's Footballer of the Year of 2011/12 season
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2013
- Goal of the Month: January 2012, June 2012, September 2012
- District Player of the Year: 2013
Others
Marco Reus is an advertising medium for the sportswear manufacturer Puma, the toy maker Hot Wheels and the consumer electronics manufacturer Panasonic.