Markus Brzenska
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Markus Brzenska (born 25 May 1984) is a German football coach and former player.[1]
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]
References
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- ↑ Viktoria Köln: Markus Brzenska wird Co-Trainer, media-sportservice.de, 3 June 2017
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External links
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lünen
- German people of Polish descent
- German men's footballers
- Footballers from Arnsberg (region)
- Men's association football defenders
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- Borussia Dortmund II players
- MSV Duisburg players
- FC Energie Cottbus players
- FC Viktoria Köln players
- FC Viktoria Köln managers
- 21st-century German sportsmen