Marvin Ducksch (; born 7 March 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a striker for

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Club career

Early career

Ducksch began playing football at the age of four and was enrolled at the academy of BSV Fortuna Dortmund 58 in 1998, where he was initially trained by his father, Klaus Ducksch, who was the coach of the club at the time. In the 2002–03 season Ducksch was scouted by Borussia Dortmund and enrolled into the Borussia Dortmund academy at the age of eight.

Borussia Dortmund

Ducksch is regarded as one of the great hopeful talents of the BVB academy system and while he was enrolled in the BVB academy, he showed his good goal instinct and sharp goal scoring; in the first half of the 2011–12 season playing with the BVB academy U-19, Ducksch played 26 games and scored 16 goals. In the second half of the 2011–12 season, Ducksch was promoted to Dortmund's second team and played his first match with Borussia Dortmund II on 28 January 2012 in a 2–1 victory over the second team of

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

in the

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. After playing a few matches with Borussia Dortmund II in the Regionalliga, Ducksch scored seven goals in five consecutive games scoring braces each against

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, SV Elversberg and single goals against Mainz 05 II, 1. FC Köln II and

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. Borussia Dortmund II secured promotion to the

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. In the 2012–13 season, Ducksch made his professional football debut on 3 August 2012 in a Borussia Dortmund II match against

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three-year turn in the Bundesliga in the ...

in the 2012–13 3. Liga season, and on 18 May 2013, Ducksch scored the only goal in Borussia Dortmund II's 1–0 away victory against the second team of

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. In the 2013–14 Bundesliga season, Ducksch was inducted into the Borussia Dortmund first team and on 3 August 2013, in Borussia Dortmund's first round match of the

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and 3–0 victory over

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he scored his first goal for the senior team in his first match for Borussia Dortmund. In June 2014 he was loaned to

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 ...

for the 2014–15 season.

FC St. Pauli

On 15 June 2016, Ducksch joined

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side FC St. Pauli signing a three-year contract until 2019. His unveiling made international headlines when Ewald Lienen, the St. Pauli manager at the time, was unable to make it to the event, so a man in a Lienen mask appeared instead.

Holstein Kiel loan

In January 2017, Ducksch joined Holstein Kiel on loan for the second half of the season. In 17 matches, he scored five goals and made four assists contributing to Holstein's promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. In June, his loan was extended for the 2017–18 season. He finished the 2017–18 season with 18 goals and 12 assists in 33 matches while Holstein Kiel finished in third place but missed out on promotion to the Bundesliga in the relegation playoffs.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

In June 2018, Ducksch joined

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

, newly promoted to the Bundesliga, on a four-year contract.

Hannover 96

After only one year at Düsseldorf, it was confirmed on 28 June 2019, that Ducksch had joined

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on a three-year contract.

Werder Bremen

On 25 August 2021, Ducksch transferred to

, signing a three-year contract. Four days later, he scored a brace on his debut, a 3–0 win against

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in the

International career

Ducksch played in 2009 and 2010 for the U15 and U16 Germany youth national teams. He debuted for the Germany U17 on 4 September 2010 in an international friendly in

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against Azerbaijan. Ducksch represented the Germany U17 at the

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where Germany finished runner-up in Serbia. In 2011, he represented the Germany U17 team at the

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in which Germany secured a third-place finish in Mexico. Ducksch scored in the group stage of the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup against Ecuador, and then scored once again in the team's 4–0 win in the second round of the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup against the United States; Ducksch's teammate

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also scored in the German 4–0 victory.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Germany U17 *

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runners-up:

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third place:

Individual * 2. Bundesliga top scorer: 2017–18

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ducksch, Marvin 1994 births Living people Footballers from Dortmund German footballers Association football forwards Germany youth international footballers Borussia Dortmund II players Borussia Dortmund players SC Paderborn 07 players FC St. Pauli players Holstein Kiel players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Hannover 96 players SV Werder Bremen players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players