Dirk Marcellis

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Place in overall rating 11460 of 12842

Place in club Former players 2071 of 2285

Place in country Netherlands 307 of 336

Place in category defender 3446 of 3921

Place among defenders in club Former players 576 of 675

Place among defenders in country Netherlands 51 of 104

Personal info

Name: Dirk Marcellis

Age: 36 years (13 April 1988)

Stature: 181 cm

Nationality:

Netherlands

Status

Role: defender / edit.

Club: Former players / edit.

Dirk Marcellis. Biography

Dirk Marcellis is a back of AZ. He was born on 13 April 1988 in Horst, Netherlands.

Dirk made positive defensive display in the UEFA Cup match against English side Tottenham, where he marked Dimitar Berbatov, and in the game versus Fiorentina, where he marked Adrian Mutu.

The footballer’s successful performance for PSV gave him an opportunity to play for the Netherlands national youth team. Dirk and his teammate Carlos Salcido managed to create one of the most prolific ties in the centre of PSV defense and could be called the pivots of the club. Marcellis was even compared with one of legendary Dutch backs Jaap Stam.

Then head coach of the Netherlands national team Bert van Marwijk called Dirk up to the squad in 2008, and the player made his international début on 11 October 2008 in the match against Iceland.