Marc Rzatkowski (born 2 March 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as an

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Career

VfL Bochum

Rzatkowski was born in

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

, West Germany. In his early youth, Rzatkowski played for the Bochum east district team SV Langendreer 04. In 1998, he started playing for the

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

youth team until 2009. Rzatkowski then signed a contract for

VfL Bochum II VfL Bochum II (also known as VfL Bochum Amateure or VfL Bochum U-23) was the reserve team of German football club VfL Bochum. The team has made two appearances in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, in 1984–85 and 2005–06. Since 2008 the team ...

in 2009. Only one year later he signed his first contract as a professional with the VfL Bochum. His first game as a professional player was on the seventh match day (2 October 2010) against Greuther Fürth. He came into the game as a substitute for Roman Prokoph (67th minute). In his second match he made his first appearance in the starting squad and scored the third goal (80th minute) in a 3–0 victory against

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

during the home match on 26 November 2010. He also played against

Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...

and

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The cl ...

in his first season with the first team.

Loan to Arminia Bielefeld

For the 2011–12 season Rzatkowski was sent on loan to

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

. On 27 August 2011 Rzatkowski scored his first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in a 2–2 draw with

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

. On 15 October he scored the loan goal for Bielefeld in a 1–0 victory over Kickers Offenbach. In his one year at the club Rzatkowski made 37 league appearances scoring 4 goals and providing 8 assists. He also helped the club capture the Westphalia Cup, scoring 4 goals in five matches during the competition. By reaching the final, they also qualified for the

2012–13 DFB-Pokal The 2012–13 DFB-Pokal was the 70th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 17 August 2012 with the first of six rounds and ended on 1 June 2013 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. The defending champions wer ...

Return to Bochum

After a successful season with Bielefeld, Rzatkowski returned to Bochum. He scored his first goal back with the club on 30 October 2012 in a 3–1 victory over

TSV Havelse TSV Havelse is a German association football club based in Garbsen, Lower Saxony, near Hanover. History The club was founded in 1912 as ''FC Pelikan-Havelse'' by a group of thirteen young men from the small village of Havelse. They took their ...

in a DFB Pokal match. On 18 November 2012, Rzatkowski scored his first two league goals of the season for Bochum in a 5–2 victory over

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

. He ended his season appearing in 25 league matches scoring 3 goals and providing 11 assists.

St. Pauli

Rzatkowski signed a three-year contract with

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

in January 2013. He joined the club in the summer transfer window, becoming a key player for the team. On 13 September 2014, Rzatkowski scored his first goal for St. Pauli, the eventual game winner, in a 2–1 victory over

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

. On 5 April 2014, Rzatkowski scored a late winner in a 3–2 victory over

. On 12 February 2016, Rzatkowski scored the lone goal for St. Pauli in a 1–0 victory over RB Leipzig. The following match day, 19 February, he also scored in a 3–1 loss to FSV Frankfurt. He went on to score in a third consecutive league match on 28 February in a 2–0 victory over

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

. At the conclusion of the 2015–16 season Rzatkowski was honored by Kicker as the best defensive midfielder in

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RB Salzburg

On 10 June 2016, Rzatkowski joined Austrian Bundesliga club,

FC Red Bull Salzburg FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club based in Wals-Siezenheim, that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top flight of Austrian Football. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena. Due to sponsorship restrictions, ...

on a four-year deal. On 21 September 2016, Rzatkowski scored his first goal for Salzburg in a 7–1 victory over SC Mannsdorf in the

ÖFB-Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

. On 23 October 2016, he scored his first goal in the

Austrian Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

in a 5–1 victory over SKN St. Pölten. On 19 July 2017, Rzatkowski opened the scoring for Salzburg in a 3–0 victory over

Hibernians F.C. Hibernians Football Club is a Maltese professional football club based in the town of Paola. History The club played one season in 1922 as Constitutionals FC, representing the pro-British Constitutional Party. They started up again in the 19 ...

in the second qualifying round of the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

New York Red Bulls

On 31 January 2018, it was announced that Rzatkowski was joining the

New York Red Bulls The New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The club was established in October 1994 and be ...

on loan for the 2018 season. On 22 February 2018, Rzatkowski made his debut for New York, coming on in the second half in a 1–1 draw against

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in the first leg of the round of 16 match of the

CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

. On 13 March 2018, Rzatkowski scored the eventual game winning goal for New York in a 3–1 victory over Club Tijuana in the

, helping the club advance to semifinals of the Champions League for the first time. On 14 July 2018, Rzatkowski scored his first two MLS goals in a 3–2 win over

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. On 24 January 2019, Rzatkowski joined New York on a permanent basis. Rzatkowski was released by New York following their 2020 season.

Schalke 04

On 21 September 2021, Rzatkowski signed for Schalke 04 on a season-long contract.

Return to Arminia Bielefeld

In July 2022, following a trial, he returned to former club

, newly relegated to the

. He signed a one-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg *

: 2016–17 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

: 2016–17 New York Red Bulls * MLS Supporters' Shield:

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Schalke 04 *

: 2021–22

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rzatkowski, Marc 1990 births Living people Footballers from Bochum German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players Arminia Bielefeld players FC St. Pauli players FC Red Bull Salzburg players New York Red Bulls players FC Schalke 04 players Major League Soccer players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria German expatriate men's footballers