Marcus Berg
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 17 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Torsby, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Panathinaikos | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Torsby IF | |||
| 2002 | IFK Velen | ||
| 2003–2004 | IFK Göteborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | IFK Göteborg | 17 | (14) |
| 2007–2009 | Groningen | 56 | (32) |
| 2009–2013 | Hamburger SV | 54 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | → PSV (loan) | 25 | (8) |
| 2013– | Panathinaikos | 93 | (59) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Sweden U19 | 8 | (3) |
| 2006–2009 | Sweden U21 | 19 | (8) |
| 2008– | Sweden | 44 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2016 |
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Marcus Berg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmarkɵs bærj]; born 17 August 1986 in Torsby) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Greek club Panathinaikos F.C., and the Swedish national team. In Sweden he is nicknamed Svarte-Marcus ("Black Marcus") due to scoring a lot of goals in the junior teams, in reference to Filip "Svarte-Filip" Johansson.
Berg started to play for a local club Torsby IF in 2002. After that, he moved to IFK Velen in 2003.
After spending two years in the youth team, in the season 2005, Berg was promoted to the regular squad and played for IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan. During the time playing for IFK Göteborg, he played alongside his older brother Jonatan.
Berg played for IFK Göteborg until the 2007 summer and put forth an attracting performance throughout his final season, as he maintained a high scoring efficiency throughout the league matches. Göteborg won the league that season and Berg received a standing ovation upon leaving the field after the 5–0 away victory over Kalmar FF where Berg scored, which was his last for the club because of his suspension for the game against Djurgårdens IF.
On 10 August 2007, Dutch side FC Groningen signed Berg for a reported £2.5 million to replace the departing AFC Ajax-bound Luis Suárez.
Berg had a good debut season in the Netherlands. Although he was not the top scorer in the Eredivisie in 2007–08, he scored 18 goals for Groningen, helping the Dutch outfit to a seventh-place finish.
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