Marco Kurz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 May 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Stuttgart, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1988 | SV Sillenbuch | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | VfB Stuttgart | 1 | (0) |
| 1990–1994 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 108 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Schalke 04 | 58 | (0) |
| 1998–2004 | 1860 München | 129 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | SC Pfullendorf | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 311 | (5) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2006 | SC Pfullendorf | ||
| 2006–2007 | 1860 München II | ||
| 2007–2009 | 1860 München | ||
| 2009–2012 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| 2013 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| 2013 | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| 2015–2016 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marco Kurz (born 16 May 1969) is a retired German footballer who last managed Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Kurz, who played as a defender, started playing his first football at SV Sillenbuch, a small club in his native Stuttgart, and then for VfL Sindelfingen. At age 20, he had his breakthtrough into professional football, when he signed a contract for his local Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in the summer of 1989. After one year, where he – with the exception of one cap – only played for VfB's second team, he was transferred to Franconian side 1. FC Nürnberg, in 1990; there he was more successful, earning 108 caps in four seasons. When the Club was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after the 1993–94 season, Kurz took up an offer by Westphalian club Borussia Dortmund. The BVB won the title of German champion in the following season, with Kurz playing four times. At BVB rivals Schalke 04, where he subsequently played from 1995 to 1998, he earned 58 caps.
With Schalke he won his biggest title, the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, under Dutch coach Huub Stevens. In 1998, he transferred to the south of Germany again, joining TSV 1860 München. He played 128 times for "die Löwen" (the Lions), until 2004, when the Bavarian side was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.
2004–05 was Kurz' last season as a player. He spent it at Swabian side SC Pfullendorf, a Regionalliga Süd (then third division) team (11 caps). Shortly after joining Pfullendorf, he was promoted to player-coach; in 2005, he retired as a player, but stayed at Pfullendorf as head coach.
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