Marc Rzatkowski — Public People

Карьера и клубы

Career

VfL Bochum

Rzatkowski was born in Bochum, West Germany. In his early youth, Rzatkowski played for the Bochum east district team SV Langendreer 04. In 1998, he started playing for the VfL Bochum youth team until 2009. Rzatkowski then signed a contract for VfL Bochum II in 2009. Only one year later he signed his first contract as a professional with the VfL Bochum. His first game as a professional player was on the seventh match day (2 October 2010) against Greuther Fürth. He came into the game as a substitute for Roman Prokoph (67th minute). In his second match he made his first appearance in the starting squad and scored the third goal (80th minute) in a 3–0 victory against SC Paderborn during the home match on 26 November 2010. He also played against Union Berlin and VfL Osnabrück in his first season with the first team.

Loan to Arminia Bielefeld

For the 2011–12 season Rzatkowski was sent on loan to Arminia Bielefeld. On 27 August 2011 Rzatkowski scored his first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in a 2–2 draw with SSV Jahn Regensburg. On 15 October he scored the loan goal for Bielefeld in a 1–0 victory over Kickers Offenbach. In his one year at the club Rzatkowski made 37 league appearances scoring 4 goals and providing 8 assists. He also helped the club capture the Westphalia Cup, scoring 4 goals in five matches during the competition. By reaching the final, they also qualified for the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal.