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Marco Reus Bio, Career, Parents, Wife, Net Worth

Marco Reus Bio – who is Marco Reus? How old is Marco Reus? Who are his parents? Where does he hail from? who is his girlfriend? what team does he play for? what is his value on the transfer market? How much does he earn and his net worth?

Marco Reus Bio

Marco Reus is a professional footballer from Germany who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and plays for the Germany national team. He is the skipper for Borussia Dortmund.

Reus’ parents named him after the Netherlands’ football legend, Marco van Basten. According to Reus, his parents were going to name him ‘Dennis’ but changed their thoughts when Van Basten scored the famous volley goal against Soviet Union in the final of Euro 1988, they decided to name him Marco.

Reus is well-known for his versatility, agility, speed technical skills, intelligence, and shooting ability; however he is also known for his proneness to injury.

Reus was voted the 2012 Footballer of the Year in Germany and was named in the UEFA Team of the Year in 2013. In 2013, he was ranked as the fourth best footballer in Europe by Bloomberg.

Marco Reus Age, Place of Birth, Height and Weight

Marco was born on 31st May, 1989 in Dortmund, Germany. He is now 33 years of age. He has a height of 1.8 meters tall. Reus weighs about 71 kilograms.

Marco Reus Career

Reus is a product of the Borussia Dortmund youth academy. In 2006, he joined Rot Weiss Ahlen II. He was promoted to the senior team on the following year. On 25 May 2009, Reus signed a four-year contract with Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. His contract with Gladbach was set to expire in 2015 and reportedly had a buy-out clause of €18 million.

On 4th January 2012, Reus signed with his former club Borussia Dortmund for a €17.1 million transfer fee on a five-year deal. He officially rejoined them on 1st July, 2012.

Reus is having a good stay at Dortmund since he signed for the club. S ince 2012 to 29th January, 2023, he has featured in 369 games for the club and netting 156 goals.

For his International duty, Reus made his first appearances in the Germany Under-21 in a friendly game on 11th August, 2009. He made his first debut for the Germany national team on 7th October, 2011.

Reus was key player in Germany’s 2014 World Cup qualification campaign, however, he got injured and couldn’t take part in the Fifa World Cup. Reus was included in Joachim Löw’s 23-man final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 4th June. 

Reus made his first World Cup appearance during their opening match against Mexico as a substitute by replacing Sami Khedira on 17th June, 2018, in the 60th minute, but the match ended in a 1–0 loss for Germany.

Marco Reus Stats

As at 29th January, 2023, Reus has made 528 appearance in his entire club football career, scoring 205 goals for his side. For his international appearances, he has represented Germany in 48 games and scored 15 goals as at 11th November 2021.

Marco Reus Parents

The Borussia Dortmund Attacking Midfielder, Reus was born to Thomas Reus, his father and Manuela Reus, his mother.

Marco Reus Bio, Career, Parents, Wife, Net Worth

Marco is the only son of hismparents and he has only one sister. Marco’s parents are natives of German from British snd Russian origin.

Read More: Marco Reus Parents; Meet Thomas and Manuela Reus

Marco Reus Wife

The Borussia Dortmund key attacking midfielder, Marcos, is married to Scarlett Gartmann. Scarlett is also a German from the family of Ralf Gartmann and Christine Hartmann. They dated for about 4 years before getting married in 2019.

Read More: Marco Reus Wife; Meet Scarlett Gartmann

Marco Reus Transfer Market Value, Salary and Net Worth

Reus is valued on the transfer market at around €10 million. Marco earns €10.9 million per annum playing for Borussia Dortmund. Marco Reus has an estimated net worth of about 20 million Euros.

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