Marcus Forss

Marcus Forss
Personal information
Full name Marcus Forss[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-18) 18 June 1999
Place of birth Finland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 33
Youth career
FC Ruskon Pallo
TuWe
FDS-Suomi
0000–2017 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Brentford 1 (0)
National team‡
Finland U17 4 (2)
2016–2017 Finland U18 5 (4)
2017–2018 Finland U19 6 (3)
2018– Finland U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:38, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:43, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Marcus Forss (born 18 June 1999) is a Finnish professional football forward who plays for English club Brentford. He is a product of the West Bromwich Albion academy and is a current Finland U21 international.

Club career

Early years

A forward, Forss began his career in his native Finland with spells at FC Ruskon Pallo, TuWe and the FDS-Suomi football school.[3][4] He later moved to England to join the academy at Premier League club West Bromwich Albion and signed a two-year scholarship deal in 2015.[5] He was called into the U21 squad for two EFL Trophy matches in the first half of the 2016–17 season and made one appearance,[6] with a start in a 2–0 group stage defeat to Gillingham on 8 November 2016.[7] Forss was released when his scholarship ended in May 2017.[8]

Brentford

On 22 June 2017, Forss joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract.[8] After scoring 11 goals in his first 23 B team appearances, he signed a new three-and-a-half year contract in February 2018.[9] He finished the 2017–18 season as the B team's top scorer with 21 goals and won the team's Player of the Year award.[10] He was promoted into the first team squad during the 2018 off-season.[11] Forss made the first professional appearance of his career with a start in Brentford's EFL Cup first round match versus Southend United on 14 August 2018 and opened the scoring in the 4–2 victory.[12]

International career

Forss has been capped by Finland at U17, U18, U19 and U21 level.[8][13] He captained the U19 team,[14] but was not included in the squad for the 2018 European U19 Championship on home soil due to club commitments.[15]

Personal life

Forss hails from a football family.[16] His father (Tero) and brother (Niclas) are both involved in football, as manager and player at BK-46 respectively and his grandfather is former Finland international Rainer Forss.[16]

Honours

Career statistics

As of match played 1 September 2018
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Bromwich Albion U23 2016–17[7] — — — — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Brentford 2018–19[12] Championship 1 0 0 0 2 1 — 3 1
Career total 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1
  1. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy.

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2017 and 30/06/2017" (PDF). The FA. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Marcus Forss – Forward – Brentford B – Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "U19 (1999) maajoukkue | Suomen Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Int. Junior-Fussball Hallencup Schärding". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Whaling, James. "See the full West Brom Premier League squad list". mirror. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Marcus Forss Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Marcus Forss in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Brentford FC Brentford B add Marcus Forss to squad". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Brentford FC Marcus Forss signs new contract". Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Marcus Forss scoops Mary Halder Award". Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Mads and Marcus promoted to First Team". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Marcus Forss in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Finland – M. Forss – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Marcus Forss captains Finland Under-19". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Jaakko named in Finland Under-19 squad". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Två generationer Forss fortsätter i BK-46" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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