Marco Bode

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Full name Marco Bode Name Marco Bode Position Midfielder Playing position Midfielder Role Footballer Current team SV Werder Bremen		0000–1988 VfR Osterode Height 1.90 m Date joined 1989 Years Team Spouse Kerstin Kruckeberg

Date of birth (1969-07-23) 23 July 1969 (age 46) Place of birth Osterode am Harz, West Germany Similar People Dieter Eilts, Thomas Eichin, Carsten Ramelow, Frank Baumann, Thomas Linke

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Marco Bode (born 23 July 1969) is a former German footballer. A true one club man, Bode spent his entire professional career at Werder Bremen. He played as a left winger and forward.

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Club career

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Bode played his first football with home club VfR Osterode, before moving to the amateur team of Werder Bremen in 1988. He was discovered by Otto Rehhagel and soon moved to the professional team.

Between 1989 and 2002 he was active in 379 games for Werder, in which he scored 101 goals, making him the then-record Bremen goal-scorer. He can since been overtook by fellow Werder Bremen legend Claudio Pizarro. Despite some offers by major European clubs such as Bayern Munich, he remained loyal to Werder Bremen, retiring somewhat early after the 2002 World Cup. Bode also won renown because he was a particularly fair and decent player who only was booked ten times in his entire Bundesliga career and never got sent off. He was also known for his smart, sundry TV interviews.

International career

In the seven years following 1995, he also played in 40 games for the German national football team, scoring 9 goals. He took part in the UEFA Euro 1996 final and in the final of the 2002 World Championships. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup Bode was a surprise substitution from manager Rudi Völler in the crucial third group match against Cameroon with the match still at 0–0. Being close to retirement the German fans felt Bode's selection was dubious, however Bode silenced the doubter by scoring the opening goal of an eventual 2–0 win for Germany propelling them into the knockout stages as group winners. It would be Bode's final goal and he made his last appearance in the World Cup final as Germany fell to Brazil.