Markus Brzenska

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Markus Brzenska
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Brzenska with Borussia Dortmund in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-25) 25 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Lünen, West Germany
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1993 BV Lünen 05
1993–2003 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2009 Borussia Dortmund II 57 (4)
2003–2009 Borussia Dortmund 86 (6)
2008–2009 → MSV Duisburg (loan) 33 (2)
2009–2014 Energie Cottbus 63 (1)
2013 Energie Cottbus II 5 (1)
2014–2017 Viktoria Köln 73 (2)
Total317(16)
International career
2005–2006 Germany U21 15 (1)
Managerial career
2021 Viktoria Köln (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Markus Brzenska (born 25 May 1984) is a German football coach and former player. [1]

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Early life

Markus Brzenska's parents, Joachim and Halina, and his older brothers, Sebastian and Marcin, were originally from the Upper Silesian town of Bytom (German Beuthen). They immigrated to Germany as ethnic Germans ( Aussiedler ), settling in Lünen near Dortmund, where Markus was born a few weeks after their arrival. [2]

Club career

Borussia Dortmund

Without any top level match experience, he was included in the starting line-up by coach Matthias Sammer in Borussia Dortmund's match against Bayern Munich on 9 November 2003. His debut ended in a send-off during the first half. [3]

In 2004, when coach Bert van Marwijk arrived, such like some other players with whom the coach was less familiar, Brzenska's ability was overlooked. Eventually, his effort turned things around. He returned to the first team squad during the first half of the 2004–05 season and established his place in the starting line-up since then. [4] [5]

Energie Cottbus

During the 2008–09 season, he was loaned to 2. Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg. At the end of the loan, Duisburg were unable to pay the transfer fee that Dortmund were asking for, so he returned to Borussia Dortmund who then sold him to Energie Cottbus. [6]

International career

His family comes from Poland so he is eligible to play for Poland. In October 2010 he declared his intention to play for the Poland national team. [2] He played 15 games for the Germany U21 national team. [5] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Viktoria Köln: Markus Brzenska wird Co-Trainer, media-sportservice.de, 3 June 2017
  2. 1 2 "Kolejny zawodnik z Bundesligi chce grać w naszej kadrze" (in Polish). sport.pl. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bundesliga-Sonntag: Bayern deklassieren den BVB – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Sport". Der Spiegel (in German). 9 November 2003.
  4. ↑ Müller, Oliver (11 August 2006). "Verteidiger im Angriff". Die Welt (in German).
  5. 1 2 "Markus Brzenska Personenprofil". DFB (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Karkos, Sebastian (27 July 2009). "Energie Cottbus holt Markus Brzenska aus Duisburg". Bild (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Germany U21 0–2 England U21". BBC Sport. 10 October 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2017.


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