Thorben Marx

Thorben Marx
Personal information
Full name Thorben Marx
Date of birth (1981-06-01) 1 June 1981
Place of birth Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1994 FC Stern Marienfelde
1994–1998 Hertha Zehlendorf
1998–2000 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2006 Hertha BSC II 59 (12)
2000–2006 Hertha BSC 79 (6)
2006–2009 Arminia Bielefeld 77 (2)
2009–2015 Borussia Mönchengladbach 99 (3)
Total 314 (23)
International career
2002–2003 Germany U21 14 (0)
2004–2005 Germany Team 2006 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2014

Thorben Marx (born 1 June 1981) is a German football coach and former player who is currently a coach at BFC Preussen. As a player he played for Hertha BSC, Arminia Bielefeld and Borussia Mönchengladbach.[1]

Club career

Hertha BSC

Born in Berlin,[2] Marx started to play youth football for FC Stern Marienfelde from age 5, before joining Hertha Zehlendorf in 1994 and by age 15, was captain of the club's B team in the Landesliga.[3] Despite interest in signing Marx from FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach, Marx transferred to Hertha BSC in 1998.[4] Marx suffered an cruciate ligament injury shortly after signing for the club, though Hertha paid €5,000 for Marx's operation and he began training with the first team after recovering.[4] Marx made his Bundesliga debut on 25 November 2000 as an 88th-minute substitute in a 4–0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.[4]

In April 2001, it was announced that Marx had agreed his first professional contract with Hertha BSC, valid from 1 July 2001 for three years.[5] Following the appointment of Falko Götz as interim manager in February 2002, he began to have regular involvement in first team matches, making 12 appearances, in which he scored once and provided two assists between February 2002 and the end of the 2001–02 season.[4][6]

In March 2003, Marx was pulled over by police due to speeding and undertook a drug test, which initially showed positive for cocaine use, though a blood test later cleared him of it.[7]

Marx suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in September 2003.[8][9]

Arminia Bielefeld

On 12 May 2006, it was announced that Marx would join fellow Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld on a free transfer. He signed a three-year contract with the club.[10]

Following Arminia Bielefeld's relegation from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2008–09 season, Marx told the club he would not extend his contract and he was released.[11]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

In June 2009, Marx signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach on a two-year contract.[12]

In January 2013, his contract with the club was extended until summer 2015.[13]

He retired at the end of the 2014–15 season, and took up an internship in an off-the-pitch role at Borussia Mönchengladbach.[14]

International career

He was part of the Germany national under-16 squad for the 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship, having played regularly for the team since being scouted at a tournament in 1995.[3] He later made 13 appearances for the Germany under-21 team, and three appearances for "Team 2006", a secondary German national team set up prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[15]

Coaching career

In April 2021, Marx was appointed as a coach at BFC Preussen.[16]

Honours

Hertha BSC

References

  1. ^ "Marx, Thorben" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Thorben Marx | Karriere beendet | Bundesliga | 2014/15 | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Berliner Fußballtalent spielt bei der U 16-EM: Neulich hat Hertha BSC mal angefragt". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 25 April 1997. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Jahn, Michael (19 February 2002). "Thorben Marx steht bei Hertha BSC für eine neue Zeitrechnung: Ein Schüler wird erwachsen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. ^ BLZ (13 April 2001). "Hertha-Amateur Marx wird Profi". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Thorben Marx | Spieler Einsätze | Hertha BSC | Bundesliga 2001/02". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ^ Jahn, Michael (14 March 2003). "Hoeneß kämpft um die Rehabilitierung von Marx: Manager als Schutzschild". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Marx macht's wie Engels". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  9. ^ Jahn, Michael (11 August 2005). "Wie der Hertha-Trainer Thorben Marx fordert: Verbannung eines Lieblings". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Arminia Bielefeld: Marx kommt aus Berlin". RP ONLINE (in German). 12 May 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Nach Bundesliga-Abstieg: Thorben Marx verlässt Arminia Bielefeld". RP ONLINE (in German). 9 June 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Borussia holt Marx und Bobadilla". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Fußball-Bundesliga: Marx bis 2015 in Gladbach - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Nach 15 Jahren hört der Berliner als Profi-Fußballer auf: Thorben Marx: Urvater der Jugendbewegung bei Hertha BSC". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Thorben Marx - Player profile". DFB data center. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Ein Ex-Profi als "Co": Thorben Marx verstärkt das Häßler-Team BFC Preussen". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Ligapokal, 2001, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  18. ^ "Ligapokal, 2002, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.


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