Marc André ter Stegen is a reference to FC Barcelona, which he joined in 2014, and is also a member of the club that gave him the opportunity to introduce himself to the professional elite, Borussia Mönchengladbach. At the age of 31 years, the German international goalkeeper only regrets not being able to enjoy more continuous and spontaneous ownership in the German team due to the presence of Manuel Neuer, but it is evident that in his first team in the Bundesliga they are accumulating for him the pedigree of the ultimate legend. It has merit considering that club It had legendary lineups in the 70s, with figures of the level of Günter Netzer, Hacki Wimmer, Berti Vogts and Jupp Heynckes, Alan Simonsen and Rainer Bonhoff. Bonhoff, world champion with Germany in 1974 and former Valencia player who won the 1980 Cup Winners’ Cup, is the new president of Borussia at the age of 71. In his declaration of intentions, that complete midfielder who delighted in the Mestalla, spoke to Bild about his club model and cited Ter Stegen as an example to build a stable project. “We want to get guys to stay with us at Gladbach for longer, like it happened with Marc-André ter Stegen, for example. We want to represent reliability and consistency!” Bonhoff insisted. Ter Stegen entered Borussia youth football in 1996, when he was just four years old, and stayed at the club until 2014. In 2011, at the age of just 18, Ter Stegen made his debut in the German first team , where he played 108 times. Bundesliga games in four seasons, in addition to seven Europa League games, before signing in 2014 for Barça for 12 million euros. In 2016, there was a crossover in the Champions League between Borussia and Barça: Ter Stegen admitted that his return to Borussia Park was like meeting his “first love.”
So it is not surprising that a reference like Bonhoff continues to refer to Ter Stegen as an example for the new batch. “We have to go back to being ourselves, to what Gladbach has always been: trust in the next generation, be young and wild, give time to our philosophy, a young and wild team,” commented the manager.
In May 2014, in a match against Mainz, Ter Stegen said goodbye to Borussia Moënchengladbach fans with tears in his eyes. The goalkeeper is the youngest player to surpass 100 games at Borussia Park, leading the team from fighting to stay in the Bundesliga to rethinking about going to Europe. Barça paid 12 million euros for a goalkeeper who, therefore, has been in the culé team for a decade. He recently surpassed 400 games as a Barça player, becoming the third goalkeeper in the club’s history with the most appearances, after Andoni Zubizarreta (410) and Víctor Valdés (536).
There are 16 titles in his career as a Barcelona player: five Liga (2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2022-23), five Copas del Rey (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016 ). -17, 2017-18 and 2020-21), three Spanish Super Cups (2016-17, 2018-19 and 2022-23), one Champions League (2014-15), one European Super Cup (2015-16) and one Club World Cup (2016). Ter Stegen has a current contract as a culé until 2028.
Source: La Verdad
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