Marco Bode

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marco Bode

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|7|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Osterode am Harz, West Germany

| height = 1.89 m

| currentclub = Werder Bremen (chairman)

| position = Winger, forward

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1988

| youthclubs1 = VfR Osterode

| years1 = 1988–1990

| clubs1 = Werder Bremen (A)

| caps1 = 42

| goals1 = 19

| years2 = 1989–2002

| clubs2 = Werder Bremen

| caps2 = 379

| goals2 = 101

| totalcaps = 421

| totalgoals = 120

| nationalyears1 = 1989

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U21

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1995–2002

| nationalteam2 = Germany

| nationalcaps2 = 40

| nationalgoals2 = 9

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|RU|2002 Korea and Japan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}

{{medal|W|1996 England|}}

}}

Marco Bode (born 23 July 1969) is a German former professional footballer.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/marco-bode/spieler/bundesliga/1997-98/werder-bremen | title = Bode, Marco | language = de | publisher=Kicker | access-date =30 December 2010}} A one club man, Bode spent his entire professional career at Werder Bremen. He played as a left winger and forward.

Club career

Bode played his first football with home club VfR Osterode, before moving to the amateur team of Werder Bremen in 1988.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/bodedata.html | title = Marco Bode - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 29 February 2012 | access-date = 11 March 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} He was discovered by Otto Rehhagel and soon moved to the professional team.

Between 1989 and 2002 he was active in 379 games for Werder, in which he scored 101 goals, making him the then-record Bremen goal-scorer. He has since been overtaken by fellow Werder Bremen legend Claudio Pizarro. Despite some offers by major European clubs such as Bayern Munich, he remained loyal to Werder Bremen, retiring somewhat early after the 2002 World Cup. Bode also won renown because he was a particularly fair and decent player who only was booked ten times in his entire Bundesliga career and never got sent off. He was also known for his smart, sundry TV interviews. The 1999–2000 season was his most successful, seeing him score 18 goals for his club and four for Germany.

International career

In the seven years following 1995, Bode also played in 40 games for the Germany national team, scoring nine goals. He took part in the UEFA Euro 1996 final and in the final of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/euro2000/teams/germany/squad/759549.stm | title = Euro 2000 Profile |publisher=BBC Sport | access-date =30 December 2010 | date=23 May 2000}} At the World Cup, Bode was a surprise substitution from manager Rudi Völler in the crucial third group match against Cameroon with the match still at 0–0.{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/germany/squad/newsid_1786000/1786577.stm | title = World Cup 2002 Profile |publisher=BBC Sport | access-date =30 December 2010 | date=7 May 2002}} Normally a forward, Bode was selected by Völler as an attacking left wing-back in his favoured 3-5-2 formation. Being close to retirement, the German fans felt Bode's selection was dubious, however he silenced the doubters by scoring the opening goal of an eventual 2–0 win for Germany propelling them into the knockout stages as group winners. It would be Bode's final goal{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bode-intl.html | title = Marco Bode - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 16 December 2002 | access-date = 12 March 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} and he made his last appearance in the World Cup final as Germany fell to Brazil.{{Cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=155336/index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081018000945/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=155336/index.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 October 2008 | title = Marco Bode | publisher=FIFA | access-date =30 December 2010}}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Werder Bremen II

|1988–89

|rowspan="2"|Oberliga Nord

|33

1600colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–3316

|{{cite web |title=Marco Bode |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3140/Marco_Bode.html |website=National Football Teams |access-date=13 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Marco Bode » Club matches |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/marco-bode/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=13 July 2018}}

1989–90

|9

311colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–104

|

colspan="2"|Total

!42

191100004320

!–

rowspan="14"|Werder Bremen

|1989–90

|rowspan="13"|Bundesliga

|20

4214200267

|

1990–91

|25

3610000314

|

1991–92

|32

1240931{{efn|name=dfl-s|One appearance in DFL-Supercup}}04615

|

1992–93

|29

453402{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Super Cup}}0407

|

1993–94

|32

7511041{{efn|name=dfl-s}}04812

|

1994–95

|33

1410411{{efn|name=dfl-s}}03915

|

1995–96

|34

5316300439

|

1996–97

|33

103100003611

|

1997–98

|28

9000000289

|

1998–99

|29

8614000399

|

1999–00

|27

1341931{{efn|One appearance and one goal in DFL-Ligapokal}}14118

|

2000–01

|26

5206200347

|

2001–02

|31

7102000347

|

colspan="2"|Total

!379

1014210581861485130

!–

colspan="3"|Career total

!421

1204311581861528150

!–

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|Germany

|1995

10
199670
199810
199984
200091
200161
200283
colspan="2"|Total409

:Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bode goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Marco Bode{{cite web | url = https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3140/Marco_Bode.html | title = Marco Bode (Player) | website = national-football-teams.com | access-date = 14 June 2022}}

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|19 February 1999Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States{{fb|COL}}align="center"|3–2align="center"|3–3Friendly
align="center"|2rowspan="2"|27 March 1999rowspan="2"|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Irelandrowspan="2"|{{fb|NIR}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|3align="center"|2–0
align="center"|44 June 1999BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany{{fb|MDA}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|6–1UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|57 June 2000Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany{{fb|LIE}}align="center"|3–2align="center"|8–2Friendly
align="center"|628 March 2001Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece{{fb|GRE}}align="center"|4–2align="center"|4–22002 FIFA World Cup qualifying
align="center"|7rowspan="2"|18 May 2002rowspan="2"|BayArena, Leverkusen, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fb|AUT}}align="center"|3–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6–2rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|8align="center"|5–2
align="center"|911 June 2002Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan{{fb|CMR}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–02002 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Werder Bremen

Germany

Individual

  • Werder Bremen's most successful Bundesliga scorer: 2nd with 101 goals
  • Werder Bremen's Bundesliga players with most appearances: 4th with 379 appearances{{cite web | url = http://www.werder.de/de/ueber-werder/historie/vereinsrekorde/bl_einsaetze.php | title = Werders Bundesliga-Spieler mit den meisten Einsätzen | publisher = SV Werder Bremen | access-date = 30 December 2010 | language = de | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111001204121/http://www.werder.de/de/ueber-werder/historie/vereinsrekorde/bl_einsaetze.php | archive-date = 1 October 2011 | df = dmy-all }}
  • Werder Bremen's player with most international matches: 4th with 40 caps{{cite web | url = http://www.werder.de/de/ueber-werder/historie/vereinsrekorde/laenderspiele.php | title = Länderspieleinsätze im Dienste von Werder Bremen | publisher = SV Werder Bremen | access-date = 30 December 2010 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120309105425/http://www.werder.de/de/ueber-werder/historie/vereinsrekorde/laenderspiele.php | archive-date = 9 March 2012 | url-status = dead }}

References

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