Dirk Marcellis
Marcellis with PSV in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 13 April 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Horst, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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PEC Zwolle | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wittenhorst | |||
| VVV-Venlo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | PSV | 68 | (0) |
| 2010–2015 | AZ | 88 | (0) |
| 2015 | NAC Breda | 17 | (0) |
| 2015– | PEC Zwolle | 29 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Netherlands U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Netherlands | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 July 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2010 (UTC) |
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Dirk Marcellis (born 13 April 1988 in Horst aan de Maas) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a centre back for PEC Zwolle in the Dutch Eredivisie. After a non-playing period at PSV Marcellis fought back at AZ and became one of the more reliable defenders in the Eredivisie. After suffering from injuries, he signed with NAC Breda in January 2015. He signed with PEC Zwolle after NAC was relegated.
Despite being short for a central defender, Marcellis worked his way up the ladder at PSV Eindhoven, and eventually played his way in the starting line-up, forming a confident pair with Mexican defender Carlos Salcido. It was then that Marcellis was first really noticed by the bigger audience. He managed himself quite comfortably in the PSV defence, and almost effortlessly replaced the highly rated Brazilian central defender Alex, who went back to Chelsea after being loaned by PSV for several seasons. On 30 July 2009, Marcellis scored a last-minute goal against Bulgarian side PFC Cherno More Varna to help his team to a 1:0 home win in a third qualifying round game of the UEFA Europa League. He transferred to AZ after they sold their striker Jeremain Lens to PSV.
On 21 May he was involved with the deal with Jeremain Lens. Lens went to PSV and AZ contracted Marcellis. After a non-playing period at PSV, Marcellis fought back at AZ and became one of the more reliable defenders in the league. Unfortunately he injured his knee in May 2013 and as a result he missed the whole 2013-14 season. After his contract expired in July 2014, he was released. However, in October 2014, he was given an opportunity to earn a new contract with the Alkmaar side by signing an amateur deal. He returned as a substitute in the match against Feyenoord on 14 December 2014.
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