Marco Stiepermann

The German's best friend is his dog Louise; and this translates to a lot of walking for the whole family. The only one who gets to ride on a pair of wheels is baby Lennard!

Born in Dortmund, Germany, he joined the youth academy of hometown club Borussia Dortmund as 7-year old in 1998, and graduated in 2010. As a youngster he featured briefly for Dortmund’s B-side; and made his debut for Der BVB on 13 December 2009 against Bundesliga opposition VfL Wolfsburg. Unable to break into BVB’s first-team, he was sent out on a season-long to Bundesliga 2 outfit Alemannia Aachen to aid his prospects as a professional footballer in 2011. Upon his return in 2012 he was sold to Bundesliga 2 side Energie Cottbus. The midfielder finally found stability and success on the field; he featured in 59 games, finding the back of the net 7 times and assisted a further 19. After Energie Cottbus’ relegation from Bundeliga 2 in 2014, he decided to join SpVgg Greuther Fürth. After 9 goals and 6 assists in 69 appearances over the course of a couple of seasons, he was on the move again, this time joining fellow Bundesliga 2 club VfL Bochum on 16 June 2016. A year later he was off again, this time however, it’d be to foreign lands; on 6 August 2017 the German joined EFL Championship outfit Norwich City. Over the length of two seasons for The Canaries, the midfielder played in 81 games, scoring and assisting 22 goals. He was an important player as Norwich City topped the 2018/19 EFL Championship to earn promotion to the Premier League for the following season.