Mark Flekken

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Mark Flekken
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Flekken with Greuther Fürth in 2015
Personal information
Full name Mark Flekken [1]
Date of birth (1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Kerkrade, Netherlands
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 1
Youth career
WDZ
0000–2009 Roda JC
2009–2012 Alemannia Aachen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Alemannia Aachen 15 (0)
2013–2016 Greuther Fürth 25 (0)
2013–2016 Greuther Fürth II 3 (0)
2016–2018 MSV Duisburg 68 (1)
2018–2023 SC Freiburg 80 (0)
2021 SC Freiburg II 3 (0)
2023– Brentford 37 (0)
International career‡
2022– Netherlands 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:17, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024

Mark Flekken (born 13 June 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Brentford and the Netherlands national team.

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Early years

Flekken grew up in Bocholtz, Limburg, Netherlands on the German border. [2] His parents René and Annie used to play football themselves, and his younger brother Roy also became a goalkeeper. [3]

Club career

Alemannia Aachen and Greuther Fürth

Flekken started his career in the youth department of RKVV WDZ from Bocholtz before moving to the youth academy of Roda JC Kerkrade. In 2009, he moved across the border to the youth teams of the then 2. Bundesliga club Alemannia Aachen. On 22 September 2011, he signed his first professional contract. [4]

During the winter break of the 2012–13 3. Liga season, Flekken was appointed as the starting goalkeeper by coach René van Eck after the financially troubled club had parted ways with Michael Melka. [5] [2] Flekken made his debut on 26 January 2013 in a 2–0 home game against 1. FC Saarbrücken. [6]

Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Flekken moved to the 2. Bundesliga club SpVgg Greuther Fürth. [7] There, he only made three league appearances in three years as a backup goalkeeper behind Wolfgang Hesl and Sebastian Mielitz. [1]

MSV Duisburg

Flekken signed for MSV Duisburg on 12 June 2016. [8] On 7 August 2016, he scored a goal, after a corner, in a 1–1 draw against VfL Osnabrück, when he went to the opposite box during the last minute. [9] In February 2018, Flekken conceded a goal in a 2. Bundesliga match against FC Ingolstadt, when he turned his back on the play to take a drink from his water bottle. [10] [11]

SC Freiburg

Flekken joined SC Freiburg for the 2018–19 season. [12] A backup to Alexander Schwolow throughout the season, he made his debut in the final matchday of the 2018–19 season against 1. FC Nürnberg. [13] After Schwolow's departure before the start of the 2020–21 season, he was appointed the new starter, but shortly after he suffered a complicated elbow injury while warming up for the DFB-Pokal match against SV Waldhof Mannheim which sidelined him for the entire season. [14] Meanwhile, he was replaced in goal by Florian Müller, who was on loan from Mainz 05. He returned as the starter in goal on 9 May 2021; before that he had regained match practice with the Freiburg reserves in the Regionalliga Südwest. [15]

Flekken started the 2021–22 season as the undisputed first-choice goalkeeper and, after ten games in a row without defeat, saw the team in third place of the league, to which he had contributed with the league's best rate of shots saved. [16]

Brentford

On 31 May 2023, Flekken signed for Premier League club Brentford for a reported fee of £11 million. [17]

International career

Flekken was called up to the senior Netherlands national team squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Montenegro and Norway on 13 and 16 November 2021, respectively. [18]

Flekken made his international debut for the Netherlands on 26 March 2022 in a friendly match against Denmark. [19]

On 29 May 2024, Flekken was named in the Netherlands' squad for UEFA Euro 2024. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alemannia Aachen 2012–13 3. Liga 150———150
Greuther Fürth II 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern 140———140
2014–15 30———30
2015–16 80———80
Total250———250
Greuther Fürth 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 2000——20
2015–16 1010——20
Total3010——40
MSV Duisburg 2016–17 3. Liga37110——381
2017–18 2. Bundesliga31010——320
Total68120——701
SC Freiburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 1000——10
2019–20 10010——110
2020–21 3010——40
2021–22 32050——370
2022–23 34030—7 [lower-alpha 3] 0440
Total800100—70970
SC Freiburg II 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 30———30
Brentford 2023–24 Premier League 3700010—380
Career total231113010702521
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 22 March 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202240
202320
202410
Total70

Honours

MSV Duisburg

SC Freiburg II

SC Freiburg

Individual

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