Marcus Berg

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Marcus Berg
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Berg
Date of birth	August 17, 1986 (1986-08-17) (age 21)
Place of birth	Torsby, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	FC Groningen
Number	9
Youth clubs
2002 2003-2004	IFK Velen IFK Göteborg
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2007 2007-present	IFK Göteborg FC Groningen	053 00(21) 026 00(17)
National team2
2006-2008 2008-	Sweden U21 Sweden	012 00(1) 01 00(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23 Dec 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Marcus Berg (born 17 August 1986 in Torsby) is a Swedish football striker who currently represents FC Groningen. He is nicknamed Svarte-Marcus due to scoring a lot of goals in the junior teams, in reference to Filip 'Svarte-Filip' Johansson.

Contents 1 Early Career 2 Moving to FC Groningen 3 Career table 4 Notes

[edit] Early Career

Marcus started to play for a local club Torsby IF in 2002. After that, he moved to IFK Göteborg in 2003. After spending two years in the youth team, in the season 2005, he was promoted to the regular squad and played for IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan. During the time playing for IFK Göteborg, Marcus played alongside with his older brother, Jonatan Berg, a Swedish football midfielder.

In 2007, Marcus Berg did an attracting performance. He kept a high scoring efficicency in the league matches. This drew the attention of the clubs from the other European countries.

[edit] Moving to FC Groningen

Marcus played for IFK Göteborg until the 2007 summer. On the 10th of August 2007, it was announced that Dutch side FC Groningen would be signing Marcus Berg for a reported £2,500,000 [1] to replace the departing AFC Ajax-bound Luis Suárez. The 5-0 away victory over Kalmar FF where Berg scored, was his last for the club because of his suspension for the game against Djurgården. He received a standing ovation upon leaving the field. Göteborg won the league that season.

[edit] Career table

Club	Season	Dom. league		Dom. cup		Int. cup		Other		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
IFK Velen	–2002	Youth football
Total	–2002	Youth football
IFK Göteborg	2003–04	Youth football
Total	2003–04	Youth football
IFK Göteborg	2005	14	3	1	0	8[1]	4	4	1	27	8
	2006	22	4	2	1	6[2]	1	14	5	44	11
	2007	17	14	3	4	0	0	6	1	26	19
Total	2005–07	53	21	6	5	14	5	24	7	97	38
FC Groningen	2007–08
Total	2007–08
Career totals	2005–07	53	21	6	5	14	5	24	7	97	38

Awards
Preceded by Ariclenes da Silva Ferreira	Allsvenskan top scorer 2007]] Shared with: Razak Omotoyossi	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e FC Groningen – current squad 1 Van Loo • 2 De Roover • 3 Sankoh • 4 Kruiswijk • 5 Stenman • 6 Matthijs • 7 Meerdink • 8 Levchenko • 9 Berg • 10 Lovré • 11 Powel • 12 Švejdík • 13 Van de Laak • 14 Nijland • 15 Holla • 16 Cahais • 17 Matavž • 18 van der Laan • 19 Özturk • 20 Kolder • 21 Hiariej • 22 Fledderus • 25 Metaj • 26 Luciano • - Jansen • Manager: Jans

[edit] Notes