Marco Reus

Marco Reus has had two relationships so far. He dated German TV presenter Caroline Bohs in 2009. They broke up in 2013, but they are still good friends. Reus then began dating German model Scarlett Gartmann in December 2015.

Reus is a big fan of current ‘Arsenal’ player Tomáš Rosický, who played for ‘Borussia Dortmund’ for six seasons, between 2001 and 2006, and was a key member of ‘Dortmund’ during his time in Germany before his move to ‘Arsenal.’ Reus once stated that he grew up watching and admiring Tomáš’s games and often replicated his style and even copied the sweatbands he wore.

Reus is a trendsetter and is known for his haircut. He is fond of both long and short haircuts and is known to spend a lot of time to get the perfect look. He owns a fashion label named ‘MRXI’ (Marco Reus, no. 11) and models for the brand, too.

Marco Reus was born in Dortmund, West Germany, on May 31, 1989. He belongs to a humble, British–Russian family. His father, Thomas Reus, is from England but was raised in Germany. His mother, Manuela Reus, has Russian roots, but she was also raised in Germany. Reus grew up with two older sisters, Yvonne and Melanie.

As a child, Reus utilized all his free time playing football. Encouraging his immense love for football, Reus’s parents helped him associate with various football clubs in the neighborhood when he was just 4 years old.

He started his club career with ‘Post SV Dortmund’ and started earning appreciation from youth coaches soon after. This made his parents register him with ‘Borussia Dortmund.’

He started playing football for the local club ‘Post SV Dortmund’ in 1994 and joined the youth ranks of ‘Borussia Dortmund’ later, in 1996. He continued to play for ‘Borussia Dortmund’ until he decided to leave for the under-19 team of ‘Rot Weiss Ahlen,’ which was his first professional senior football club, in the summer of 2006.

Marco continued to play with ‘Rot Weiss Ahlen’ until 2009. He was featured in five games for the club's second team, which played in the ‘Westphalia’ league at the time, and scored a goal in each of his first two games. Marco made 44 appearances with this club and scored 5 goals.

The following year, Reus was able to get into ‘Ahlen's first team, which played in the German third division at the time. He was featured in 14 matches and scored twice. In 2008, Marco had his first major chance to prove his skills, and he did not disappoint. In the 27 games that he played in, he scored four times.

In May 2009, he signed a four-year contract with the ‘Bundesliga’ club ‘Borussia Mönchengladbach.’ With them, he played in the German league ‘Bundesliga.’ He scored 37 goals and made 99 appearances over the three years that he was associated with them and then left the club in 2012.

Reus got his biggest offer when he was asked to join one of the best football clubs of Germany, ‘Borussia Dortmund,’ in 2012. He had played for the youth team of the club earlier. Soon, Reus sealed a five-year deal for €17.1 million with the club.

Due to his consistently good performances, Marco Reus has been awarded with several honors in his career. In 2012, he was named the ‘Footballer of the Year’ in Germany. The following year, ‘Bloomberg’ named him as one of the top four footballers in Europe.