Marco Grimm (born 16 June 1972) is a German former professional

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played as a defender. He spent four seasons in the

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with

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 ...

and

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 ...

, as well as five seasons in the

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with

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

and

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

. He also played for one season 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 ...

, with

Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...

Career

Grimm was born in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

. He began his career with

VfB Gaggenau VfB Gaggenau is a German association football club from the city of Gaggenau, Baden-Württemberg established 27 July 1911. Following World War II, football and sports clubs across the country were disbanded by occupying Allied authorities as pa ...

, before joining

in 1993, as a reserve team player. He made his debut for the first-team in April 1995, as a substitute for

Thomas Helmer Thomas Helmer (born 21 April 1965) is a German former footballer. His preferred playing position was sweeper, but he was primarily deployed as a centre-back.Radnedge, Keir ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of European Football'' (1997, Carlton Books ...

in the

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semi-final against

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. His one

appearance for the club came ten days later – again replacing Helmer in a match against

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

which Bayern won 5–2, but was awarded to Frankfurt as Grimm was one of four reserve players used by Bayern, more than the maximum of three. In 1995, Grimm joined

, where he made 21 Bundesliga appearances in his first season, mostly as a substitute. He made eleven league appearances the following year, plus four on the way to a

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win, although he didn't play in the

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. He didn't play at all during the 1997–98 season, and in July 1998 signed for Austrian side

, managed by former Bayern Munich coach

Klaus Augenthaler Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler (born 26 September 1957) is a German former professional football player and manager. A defender, he won seven Bundesliga titles in his 15-year club career with Bayern Munich. He also represented the West Germany nat ...

. Grimm had a fairly successful season in Austria, as GAK finished third in the league, before he returned to Germany in 1999, to sign for

of the

. Karlsruhe were relegated in Grimm's first season, but he helped them win the Regionalliga Süd title and return to the second tier at the first attempt, where he played for a further two seasons before leaving the club in 2003. Grimm then signed for

of the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...

, helping them win the title in his second season. He stayed with the club for two years in the 2. Bundesliga, the latter of which saw the club relegated in last place. In July 2007, he signed for 1. FC Kaiserslautern II, where he played for two seasons before becoming the team's assistant manager.

Honours

VfB Stuttgart *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

runner-up: 1997–98 *

: 1996–97

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimm, Marco Living people 1972 births People from Baden-Baden Sportspeople from Karlsruhe (region) Footballers from Baden-Württemberg German footballers Association football defenders FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players VfB Stuttgart players Grazer AK players Karlsruher SC players Eintracht Braunschweig players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Austria German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria