Marcus Solberg

Marcus Solberg
Personal information
Full name Marcus Solberg Mathiasen
Date of birth (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Aarhus, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–2009 HEI
2009–2013 AGF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 AGF 13 (0)
2015–2016 Silkeborg 15 (2)
2016 → Fjölnir (loan) 22 (5)
2016–2017 Fjölnir 21 (3)
2018–2020 Vendsyssel 15 (4)
2019 → Thisted (loan) 14 (4)
Total 100 (18)
International career
2010–2011 Denmark U16 5 (2)
2011–2012 Denmark U17 11 (7)
2012 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2012–2014 Denmark U19 10 (2)
2015 Denmark U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcus Solberg Mathiasen (born 17 February 1995) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Solberg was born in Aarhus, Denmark, and started his career in the youth ranks at HEI in Aarhus, before he was picked up by AGF, where he earned the nickname "Hulk". He played a number of years in the youth and reserve teams for the club, before making his Danish Superliga debut on 4 March 2013, playing the last 6 minutes in an away match against Esbjerg fB.

In May 2015, Solberg signed with Silkeborg IF on a two-year contract.[1] On 15 April 2016, it was announced that Solberg was sent on loan to Fjölnir for the remainder of 2016,[2] and in November 2016, he permanently signed with the club, despite having six months left on his contract with Silkeborg.[3]

In January 2018, Solberg moved to Vendsyssel FF,[4] and helped them secure promotion to the Danish Superliga a few months later.[5] He was loaned out to second-tier club Thisted FC in late January 2019, as he did not have prospects of playing time for Vendsyssel.[6][7]

On 10 August 2020, at the age of 25, Solberg was forced to announce his retirement due to an injury that had tormented him for two years.[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AGF 2012–13 Superliga 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
2013–14 Superliga 8 0 1 0 — 0 0 9 0
2014–15 1st Division 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Total 13 0 1 0 — 0 0 14 0
Silkeborg 2015–16 1st Division 15 2 1 0 — 0 0 16 2
Fjölnir (loan) 2016 Úrvalsdeild 22 5 1 0 0 0 — 23 5
Fjölnir 2017 Úrvalsdeild 21 3 1 0 2 2 — 24 5
Vendsyssel 2017–18 1st Division 13 4 0 0 — 2[a] 0 15 4
2018–19 Superliga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2019–20 1st Division 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Total 15 4 0 0 — 2 0 17 4
Thisted (loan) 2018–19 1st Division 14 4 0 0 — — 14 4
Career total 100 18 4 0 2 2 2 0 108 20
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Superliga promotion/relegation play-offs

References

  1. ^ Rubeck, Katrine (26 May 2015). "SIF henter Marcus Solberg". TV2/Østjylland (in Danish). Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.
  2. ^ Sørensen, Peter A. (15 April 2016). "SIF udlejer angriber". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ Jensen, Kenneth (17 November 2016). "Silkeborg siger farvel til 'Hulk'". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
  4. ^ Margren, Sara (23 January 2018). "Vendsyssel henter Marcus Solberg". bold.dk (in Danish).
  5. ^ Steffensen, Jens Skriver (27 May 2018). "Vendsyssel FF er i Superligaen efter sejr i Lyngby". TV2 Nord (in Danish).
  6. ^ "Vendsyssel FF udlejer Marcus Solberg til Thisted FC". Vendsyssel FF (in Danish). 31 January 2019.
  7. ^ Sørensen, Leon (1 February 2019). "Thisted FC henter konkurrent til topscorer". Limfjord Update (in Danish).
  8. ^ Margren, Sara (10 August 2020). "25-årige Marcus Solberg stopper karrieren". bold.dk (in Danish).
  9. ^ "Denmark - M. Solberg - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.