Marvin Çuni (born 10 July 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Germany, he plays for the Albania national team.

Club career

Bayern Munich

After playing youth football for Eintracht Freising, Çuni joined

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in 2012 and progressed through all the youth teams.

Loan to Sonnenhof Großaspach

In the summer of 2020, he joined

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club Sonnenhof Großaspach on a season-long loan. He made 34 appearances for the club, scoring 19 goals.

Loan to SC Paderborn

On 1 September 2021, Çuni extended his contract with Bayern until June 2024, and moved to 2. Bundesliga club

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on loan until the end of the season.

Loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken

On 24 June 2022, Çuni joined

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club

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on loan for the rest of the season. He scored 13 goals in 35 appearances for the club.

Frosinone

On 6 July 2023, Çuni joined newly promoted

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side

Frosinone Frosinone (; local dialect: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lazio, administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is about southeast of Rome, close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of th ...

on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract with the club.

Rubin Kazan

On 11 September 2024, Çuni signed a four-year contract with

club

International career

Çuni has played for the Albanian under-19 team. On 14 October 2023, he received a call-up from the Albania national team for a

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against

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Personal life

Çuni was born in Germany into an

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family from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuni, Marvin 2001 births Sportspeople from Freising Footballers from Upper Bavaria Living people German people of Albanian descent Sportspeople of Albanian descent Men's association football forwards Albanian men's footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's international footballers German men's footballers FC Bayern Munich footballers SG Sonnenhof Großaspach players SC Paderborn 07 players 1. FC Saarbrücken players Frosinone Calcio players FC Rubin Kazan players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Serie A players Serie B players Russian Premier League players German expatriate men's footballers Albanian expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Albanian sportsmen