Mark Flekken

Mark Flekken
Mark Flekken (2015)
Personnel
birthday	June 13, 1993
place of birth	Kerkrade ,  Netherlands
size	193 cm
position	goal
Juniors
Years	station
	WDZ Bocholtz
0000-2009	Roda JC Kerkrade
2009–2012	Alemannia Aachen
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2011-2013	Alemannia Aachen	15 (0)
2012-2013	Alemannia Aachen II	9 (0)
2013-2016	SpVgg Greuther Fürth II	25 (0)
2013-2016	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3 (0)
2016-2018	MSV Duisburg	68 (1)
2018–	Sc freiburg	11 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of November 4, 2019

Mark Flekken (born June 13, 1993 in Kerkrade , Netherlands ) is a Dutch football player on the position of goalkeeper who is under contract with SC Freiburg .

Career

Mark Flekken grew up in Bocholtz, Limburg on the German border . He comes from a family of footballers: his parents René and Annie used to play football themselves, while his younger brother Roy also became a goalkeeper. Mark Flekken began his career in the youth of RKVV WDZ from Bocholtz, before he switched to the youth of Roda JC Kerkrade . In 2009 he moved across the border to the youth teams of the then second division club Alemannia Aachen . On September 22, 2011, Flekken received a professional contract.

During the winter break of the 2012/13 third division season , Flekken was chosen by coach René van Eck as the new Aachen goalkeeper after the financially troubled club split from Michael Melka . He made his professional debut on January 26, 2013 in a 2-0 home game against 1. FC Saarbrücken .

For the 2013/14 season Flekken moved to the second division SpVgg Greuther Fürth . There he came as a substitute goalkeeper in three years only to three league appearances. For the 2016/17 season he decided to move to third division club MSV Duisburg , where he was number 1.

On August 7, 2016, Mark Flekken scored the goal in the 94th minute of the game to equalize 1-1 in the game of the 3rd division at VfL Osnabrück . It was the first field goal by a goalkeeper in the history of the MSV Duisburg club.

On February 24, 2018, Flekken gained dubious fame with a goal by Ingolstadt's Stefan Kutschke against him: After a Duisburg goal not given because of offside , Ingolstadt quickly took the free kick and scored the 1-1 equalizer, while some Duisburgers were still discussing with the referee wanted and Flekken was just grabbing his drinking bottle lying on the floor in the gate. This was then auctioned for a good cause. Duisburg won 2-1.

For the 2018/19 season he signed a contract with Bundesliga club SC Freiburg . On the 34th matchday of the 2018/19 season he made his Bundesliga debut against 1. FC Nürnberg .

Career statistics

society	season	league			Country Cup		All in all
		division	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
Alemannia Aachen	2012/13	3rd league	15th	0	-		15th	0
Greuther Fuerth II	2013/14	Regionalliga Bayern	14th	0			14th	0
	2014/15		3	0			3	0
	2015/16		8th	0			8th	0
	All in all		25th	0	-		25th	0
Greuther Fuerth	2014/15	2nd league	2	0	0	0	2	0
	2015/16		1	0	1	0	2	0
	All in all		3	0	1	0	4th	0
MSV Duisburg	2016/17	3rd league	37	1	1	0	38	1
	2017/18	2nd league	31	0	1	0	32	0
	All in all		68	1	2	0	70	1
Sc freiburg	2018/19	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2019/20		9	0	1	0	10	0
	All in all		10	0	1	0	11	0
All in all			106	1	4th	0	110	1
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Private

Flekken is married and has one daughter.

Web links

• Mark Flekken on the Alemannia Aachen website
• Mark Flekken in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Mark Flekken in the database of kicker.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Schmidt: Mark Flekken: Youngest number 1 in Alemannia's history. In: Aachener Zeitung. Zeitungsverlag Aachen GmbH, January 11, 2013, accessed on May 3, 2018 . 
2. ↑ SC Freiburg goalkeeper Mark Flekken: "I also like to take risks" , in: Badische Zeitung, August 24, 2020.
3. ↑ Alemannia binds Mark Flekken ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Alemannia Aachen website 
4. ↑ Green goes - Flekken comes ( memento of the original from June 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Web presence of SpVgg Greuther Fürth 
5. ↑ Dirk Retzlaff: Madness: MSV goalkeeper Mark Flekken equalized. The West, August 7, 2016, accessed August 18, 2016 . 
6. ^ MSV Duisburg - FC Ingolstadt 04 , official website of the Bundesliga
7. ↑ RP ONLINE: MSV Duisburg: Mark Flekken changes to SC Freiburg. Retrieved May 25, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Match analysis | SC Freiburg - 1. FC Nürnberg 5: 1 | Matchday 34 | Bundesliga 2018/19. Accessed June 7, 2019 (German). 
9. ^ Mark Flekken, "Club matches . World football. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
10. ↑ SC Freiburg goalkeeper Mark Flekken: "I also like to take risks" , in: Badische Zeitung, August 24, 2020.