Marcus Forss

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Marcus Forss
Personnel
birthday June 18, 1999
place of birth Turku ,  Finland
size 182 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
FC Ruskon Pallo
Turun Weikot
0000–2012 FDS-Suomi
2012-2017 West Bromwich Albion
2017-2018 Brentford FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2018– Brentford FC 8 0(1)
2019– →  AFC Wimbledon  (loan) 18 (11)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
Finland U17
2016-2017 Finland U18 5 0(4)
2017-2018 Finland U19 7 0(3)
2018– Finland U21 3 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 7, 2020

2 As of December 22, 2019

Marcus Forss (born June 18, 1999 in Turku ) is a Finnish football player who is currently under contract with the English second division club Brentford . The striker has been a Finnish U21 international since September 2018 .

Career

society

Forss began playing soccer at FC Ruskon Pallo and came to England via Turun Weikot and FDS-Suomi in 2012 as a 13-year-old , where he moved to the youth department of West Bromwich Albion . In 2015 he signed a two-year scholarship contract with the Baggies . In the 2015/16 season he played for the U23 team in the Premier League 2 for the first time and in the next season he took part in the EFL Trophy with the reserve and completed an assignment there. At the end of the season he left the club after his contract expired.

On June 22, 2017, Forss signed a two-year contract with the reserve team at Brentford FC . There he already showed appealing performances in his first season and was the top scorer with 21 goals and won the award for player of the year. During the season he was rewarded with a new contract with a term until 2021. For the 2018/19 season he was promoted to the first team of the second division . On August 18, 2018, he made his debut in a 4-2 away win against Southend United in the Carabao Cup for head coach Dean Smith's team . He started and achieved the interim 1-0 lead in the 42nd minute of the game. He then went on two more missions before sustaining a back injury in September that caused him to be out for five months. In February 2019, he made his comeback and was then regularly in the matchday squad, but only played sporadically. On the last day of the season he scored in his sixth league game for the first time in a 3-0 home win against Preston North End .

In the following 2019/20 season , Forss did not break into the starting line-up either. In the first six league games he only came to two short appearances. Only in the EFL Cup did he flourish for a short time. However, he did not succeed there either, despite a goal in regular time and the converted attempt in the penalty shootout to avoid the elimination of his team against the lower-class club Cambridge United . On September 2, 2019, the striker signed a new four-year contract with Brentford and was loaned to third division AFC Wimbledon on the same day for the remainder of the season. There he met in his first appearance on September 7th (7th matchday), when he scored the goal to make it 1: 2 in the home game against Milton Keynes Dons after being substituted in the closing stages . In his next five league games, he scored six goals, including a hat trick in the 4-1 away win over Southend United. In the case of the relegation candidate, he quickly rose to become an indispensable high performer and was rewarded for his achievements with the award for EFL Young Player of the Month of October. On January 14, 2020, he was recalled from Brentford due to a hamstring injury. By then he had scored eleven times in 18 league games.

National team

Forss was in action for various Finnish junior selections. He has been a Finnish U21 international since September 2018 .

Private

Marcus Forss father Tero was already active as a striker, but played his entire career in the Finnish homeland, just like his grandfather Rainer . His brother Niclas, who was four years older than him, played in the youth team at FC Inter Turku and has been involved in Finnish amateur football ever since.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joukkue 2017 (U18 / U19) In: SPL (accessed December 22, 2019)
  2. ↑ Debut goal provides 'massive' boost for Marcus ahead of Shrewsbury In: AFC Wimbledon, September 10, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  3. ↑ West Brom Premier League squad list: Saido Berahino included despite deadline day strike threat In: Daily Mirror of September 3, 2015 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  4. ↑ Marcus Forss - Leistungsdaten 15/16 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on December 22, 2019)
  5. ↑ Marcus Forss - Leistungsdaten 16/17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on December 22, 2019)
  6. ↑ a b Brentford FC Brentford B add Marcus Forss to squad In: FC Brentford from June 22, 2017 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  7. ↑ Marcus Forss scoops Mary Halder Award In: Brentford FC on May 17, 2018 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  8. ↑ Brentford FC Marcus Forss signs new contract In: FC Brentford from February 12, 2018 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  9. ↑ Mads and Marcus promoted to First Team In: Brentford FC on September 5, 2018 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  10. ↑ Southend United 2-4 Brentford In: BBC August 14, 2018 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  11. ↑ a b Marcus Forss - Leistungsdaten 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at from the date of publication (accessed on December 22, 2019)
  12. ^ Head of Medical Neil Greig provides an injury update In: Brentford FC, October 15, 2018 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  13. ↑ Brentford 3-0 Preston North End In: BBC, May 5, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  14. ↑ a b c Marcus Forss - performance data 19/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on December 22, 2019)
  15. ↑ Brentford 1-1 Cambridge United In: BBC, August 13, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  16. ↑ Marcus Forss signs new long-term contract and joins AFC Wimbledon on loan In: FC Brentford dated September 2, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  17. ↑ MK Dons 2-1 Wimbledon In: Sky Sports from September 7, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  18. ↑ Southend United 1-4 AFC Wimbledon In: BBC October 12, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  19. ↑ Exclusive: Marcus Forss talks about his Brentford future amidst persistent return rumors In: Football League World on December 19, 2019 (accessed on December 22, 2019)
  20. ↑ Marcus Forss wins Young Player of the Month prize In: FC Brentford on November 16, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  21. ↑ Update: Marcus returns to Brentford after suffering injury In: AFC Wimbledon, published on February 7, 2020
  22. ↑ Marcus Forss - international match career In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on December 22, 2019)
  23. ↑ Marcus Forss - Finland U21 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on December 22, 2019)
  24. ↑ Två generationer Forss fortsätter i BK-46 In: Västra Nyland of December 13, 2016 (accessed December 22, 2019)
  25. ↑ Profile of Niclas Forss In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on December 22, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Forss, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Turku , Finland