Markus Rosenberg
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nils Markus Rosenberg | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Malmö FF | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–2001 | Malmö FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Malmö FF | 52 | (8) |
| 2004 | → Halmstads BK (loan) | 26 | (14) |
| 2005–2007 | Ajax | 40 | (12) |
| 2007–2012 | Werder Bremen | 123 | (40) |
| 2007 | → Werder Bremen II | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 33 | (9) |
| 2012–2014 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | (0) |
| 2014– | Malmö FF | 79 | (34) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2004 | Sweden U21 | 9 | (3) |
| 2005–2012 | Sweden | 33 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2017. |
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Nils Markus Rosenberg ([ˈmarkɵs ˈruːsəm.ˈbærj]; born 27 September 1982) known as Markus Rosenberg, is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF, he also serves as club captain. Rosenberg is nicknamed "Sillen" (Swedish: the herring) and played 33 games and scored six times for the Sweden national team before retiring from international duty in 2014.
Rosenberg started his career at home town club Malmö FF before moving on to other European leagues. He also became top scorer in Allsvenskan while on loan at Halmstads BK during the 2004 season. Rosenberg has played for big clubs across Europe like Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga, Ajax in the Eredivisie and Racing Santander in La Liga. After returning to Malmö FF in 2014, Rosenberg scored several key goals in the club's Champions League run and helped the team win the league title. The following year, Rosenberg once again played a pivotal role in securing consecutive group stage qualifications for Malmö FF in the Champions League.
Born in Malmö, Rosenberg started his playing career at Malmö FF at the age of five. He was successful in the youth team where he started playing as a right-back before becoming a striker at 16. He had his debut in 2001 against AIK, but struggled to become a first-team regular with strong competition from Niklas Skoog and Peter Ijeh. When the club bought strikers Afonso Alves and Igor Sypniewski ahead of the season, Rosenberg decided to go to Halmstads BK on loan in 2004. Playing at Halmstad he became the top goalscorer of the 2004 season and only just missed out on becoming the league champion with Halmstad finishing two points behind Malmö. In his last game back in Malmö, he also topped the Royal League 2004–05 scoring list as well as leading Allsvenskan in assists before joining Dutch outfit Ajax.
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