Marc-André ter Stegen

Marc-André ter Stegen was born on 30 April 1992 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

At the age of 4, Marc-André entered the local Borussia youth system, where he stayed till the year 2010.

At the beginning of the same year Ter Stegen was named in the club’s reserve team. His debut came on 9 April in the 28th round game of the Regionalliga West against Wormatia Worms. The match ended in a 3-2 victory.

Marc-André began the 2010/2011 season in the second team, wearing the number 1 shirt, but after the New Year break he was promoted to the Borussia M’gladbach first team. The club had some problems with goalkeepers, since Logan Bailly and Christofer Heimeroth’s performance held the team back. The new manager, Lucien Favre, made a decision to entrust Ter Stegen with the position of the first-choice keeper. Marc-André opened his account with the senior team on 10 April 2011 in a 5-1 victory over 1. FC Köln. After that game the German established himself as the main goalkeeper of the club. Ter Stegen became an stalwart in Borussia's goal and featured in 127 matches for the club.

In 2014 his services were secured by Spanish giants Barcelona.

Ter Stegen was called up as a senior international in a friendly against Switzerland during Euro 2012. Since then he has been called up to represent the national team.