Dominic Maroh (born 4 March 1987) is a Slovenian professional

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coach and a former defender. He is an assistant coach for the Under-16 squad of German club

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

Club career

Maroh began his career at TSV Neckartailfingen, played there until moving to the youth team of

SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...

in 2000. He was promoted to first team in 2006. On 21 June 2008, he moved to

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in the Regionalliga Süd. His first professional game was on 7 November 2008 against

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. Maroh scored his first goal in the game against

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, on 23 November 2008. Maroh joined recently relegated 1. FC Köln on 8 June 2012, agreeing a two-year deal with the club. On 28 April 2018, he played as Köln lost 3–2 to

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which confirmed Köln’s relegation from the Bundesliga.

International career

As a son of a Slovenian father he was eligible to play for

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and made public statements of his willingness to play for Slovenia. However, he later turned down the offer and decided in favour of

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. In 2012, he was again called to play for Slovenia by coach

Slaviša Stojanovič Slaviša Stojanović (born 6 December 1969) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. As manager, Stojanović has won the Slovenian PrvaLiga twice, with Domžale, and the Serbian SuperLiga once, with Red Star Belgrade. Mana ...

for a friendly match against

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. He made his debut for

on 15 August against Romania replacing

Marko Šuler Marko Šuler (; born 9 March 1983) is a Slovenian retired football player who played as a centre-back. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Belgium, Israel, and Poland. International career Šuler earned his first cap for Slovenia in a friendly ...

in the 90th minute.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maroh, Dominic 1987 births Living people People from Nürtingen Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) Footballers from Baden-Württemberg German people of Slovenian descent Slovenian people of German descent German footballers Slovenian footballers Slovenia international footballers Association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players SSV Reutlingen 05 players 1. FC Nürnberg players 1. FC Nürnberg II players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players KFC Uerdingen 05 players