Marco Reus will leave Borussia Dortmund when his contract expires at the end of the season, the club have announced.
A native of Borussia Dortmund, Marco Reus first joined the club in 1995 and spent 10 years in the youth ranks before joining Rot Weiss Ahlen, who he left for Borussia Monchengladbach in 2009.
After three impressive seasons at Gladbach, Marco Reus returned to Dortmund in 2012 for €17m and went on to make 424 appearances for the club in all competitions.
This puts him fourth in BVB’s all-time charts behind Michael Zorc (561), Mats Hummels (504) and Roman Weidenfeller (445), while his 168 goals in the black and yellow is surpassed only by Alfred Preissler, who scored 177 in two between in 1945 and 1959, i.e. before the Bundesliga was founded.
Reus, who won the DFB-Pokal twice with Dortmund and helped them reach the UEFA Champions League final in his first season back in 2012-13, also captained the club from 2018 to 2023.
When news broke of his impending departure, he said he was fully focused on making his final game with the club the UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium in June.
“I am incredibly grateful and proud of this special time at my club Borussia Dortmund,” said the 34-year-old.
“I have spent more than half of my life at this club and I have enjoyed every day, although of course there have been difficult moments.
“I already know that it will be difficult to say goodbye at the end of the season, but I am glad that it is now clear and that we can fully concentrate on the very important finals that we still have to play. .
“We have a big goal ahead of us that we all want to achieve together. To do that, we will need every single one of our incredible fans, to whom I would like to express my sincere thanks for their incredible support over the years.”
Marco Reus came on as a late substitute as Borussia Dortmund beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the first leg of their semi-final clash on Wednesday, with Niclas Fullkrug scoring the only goal of the game.
