Marco Stier (born 26 March 1984) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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. He represented

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internationally at youth levels U17 through U20.

Club career

Born in

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, Stier joined

SV Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

's youth system from

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 1999. After prolific seasons with the Under-17 and Under-19 sides he signed his first professional contract with the club in 2001. In March 2002, he made his senior debut with

SV Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in Regionalliga, the fourth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

in the third-tier Regionalliga Nord against Dresdner SC and scored with his first touch. Stier joined

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

in summer 2006 and was to play initially for the reserves. He had to wait two years to make his debut, owing to injuries, and left Bayern Munich II on 26 January 2009 to join

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

International career

Stier was a Germany youth international playing for youth levels U17 through U20.

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* * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's youth international footballers 3. Liga players FC St. Pauli players SC Concordia von 1907 players SV Werder Bremen II players FC Bayern Munich II players Holstein Kiel players Hallescher FC players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub