Marco Förster

Marco Förster (born 23 April 1976) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Marco Förster
Personal information
Full name Marco Herbert Förster[1]
Date of birth (1976-04-23) 23 April 1976
Place of birth Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Lokomotive Leipzig 19 (0)
1997–1998 FSV Zwickau 16 (0)
1998–2000 Lokomotive Leipzig 28 (2)
2000 Rot-Weiss Essen 1 (0)
2001 Akratitos 10 (0)
2001–2002 Ethnikos Piraeus 27 (2)
2002–2003 Athinaikos 9 (0)
2003–2004 Ilisiakos 33 (1)
2004–2008 AEL 64 (4)
2008–2009 A.E. Paphos 10 (0)
2009–2010 Anagennisi Karditsa 15 (2)
2010–2011 FCO Neugersdorf
2013–2014 SV See 90
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

His main abilities are his good balance and defensive positioning, along with his consistency during the game. Förster was a personal selection of Giorgos Donis when he was head coach at Ilisiakos and he followed Donis when he became the coach of AEL in 2004. From then on, he was an important unit for Larissa as a starting player or a substitute, and club's vice-captain, behind Nikos Dabizas. He earned 87 caps and scored five goals for the Maroons. He faced German club 1. FC Nürnberg in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.[2] His career highlight was when he won the Greek Cup with AEL in 2007 against Panathinaikos. He left Larissa on 1 July 2008 and joined Anagennisi Karditsa, where he scored two goals and was included in the best defenders of Beta Ethniki.

Honours
AEL

References
  1. "Marco Förster". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. Bernhard, Christian (20 December 2007). "Marco Förster trifft auf den Club". Spox (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2022.


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