Markus Kolke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Erlenbach am Main, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2004 | TSV Großheubach | ||
| 2004–2009 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Wehen Wiesbaden II | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2019 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 210 | (0) |
| 2019–2024 | Hansa Rostock | 177 | (0) |
| 2024– | Werder Bremen | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024 | |||
Markus Kolke (born 18 August 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.[1]
After playing in the lower tiers of German football, Kolke established himself as a starter for Wehen Wiesbaden in 2011. He played at the club for eight years, making 232 appearances and experiencing promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in his final season at the club. In 2019, Kolke moved to 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock, where he became team captain after one season.
Career
[edit]Born in Erlenbach am Main, Bavaria, Kolke played youth football at TSV Großheubach and Viktoria Aschaffenburg. In 2009, he moved to the second team of Eintracht Frankfurt. There, he was mainly a backup. After a year in Frankfurt, he went to fifth-tier Oberliga Baden-Württemberg club Waldhof Mannheim. He immediately became the starting goalkeeper and played all matches for the club during the 2010–11 season, where the club won the championship and promoted to the Regionalliga.
In the summer of 2011, Kolke moved to SV Wehen Wiesbaden. He won the starting job over Michael Gurski in October 2013 and has featured as the team's regular goalkeeper since. He became notorious for saving penalties while at Wehen, saving six out of seven penalties during the 2016–17 season.[2] Through promotion play-offs, Kolke, who was also team captain at times, was able to help the club reach promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. In his eight-year tenure with Wehen Wiesbaden, he made 232 appearances as the main goalkeeper, 210 of them in league games.
Nevertheless, he joined Hansa Rostock for the 2019–20 3. Liga season,[3][4] where he signed a two-year contract as the successor to the outgoing goalkeeper Ioannis Gelios. Kolke immediately established himself as the starting goalkeeper under Hansa manager Jens Härtel, making all 38 league appearances for Rostock. He kept a clean sheet and also played in the DFB Pokal against 2. Bundesliga outfit VfB Stuttgart (1–0). Kolke became the new record-holding goalkeeper in 3. Liga appearances in a 1–1 draw at Mannheim with 220 appearances, taking over the top spot from previous record holder Robert Wulnikowski.[5][6] At the end of the season, Hansa finished sixth in the league table and won the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup. In the final, Torgelower FC Greif was defeated 3–0.[7] Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Kolke was appointed team captain.[8][9] As in the previous season, the team faced VfB Stuttgart, now a Bundesliga side, in the DFB Pokal, and again lost the matchup (1–0).
On 7 June 2024, Kolke signed with Werder Bremen as a third goalkeeper.[10]
Honours
[edit]Wehen Wiesbaden
Hansa Rostock
References
[edit]- ^ "Markus Kolke". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ ""Krake" Kolke: Elfmeterspezialist und frischgebackener Vater". dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Fröbe, Sönke (18 June 2019). "Torwart Markus Kolke: Ich habe über Hansa Rostock nur Gutes gehört". sportbuzzer.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Nach dem Zweitliga-Aufstieg mit Wehen Wiesbaden sucht Torwart Markus Kolke bei Hansa Rostock eine neue Herausforderung.
- ^ Knoth, Christian (19 September 2019). "Kolke im Thesen-Interview: "Bin eigentlich vier Jahre älter"". liga3-online.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Rostock: Markus Kolke neuer Rekordtorhüter". 3-liga.com (in German). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Rostocks Kolke: "Vertrauen zurückgeben"". dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ a b Weber, Johannes (22 August 2020). "6. Titel in Folge: Hansa Rostock schnappt sich den Landespokalsieg". sportbuzzer.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Torhüter Kolke neuer Kapitän von Hansa Rostock" (in German). Welt. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Der FC Hansa Rostock geht mit einem neuen Kapitän in die nächste Saison der 3. Liga. Torhüter Markus Kolke tritt die Nachfolge von Innenverteidiger Julian Riedel an, der künftig dessen Stellvertreter sein wird.
- ^ "Kolke führt die Kogge aufs Feld" (in German). kicker. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "WERDER BREMEN SIGN MARKUS KOLKE". SV Werder Bremen. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Markus Kolke at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1990 births
- People from Erlenbach am Main
- Footballers from Lower Franconia
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- German men's footballers
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Oberliga (football) players
- Viktoria Aschaffenburg players
- Eintracht Frankfurt II players
- SV Waldhof Mannheim players
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
- FC Hansa Rostock players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- 21st-century German sportsmen