1. Markus Rosenberg spent the majority of his career with his boyhood club Malmo FF, as well as a notable five-year stint with German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen.
62 Facts About Markus Rosenberg
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Markus Rosenberg won 33 caps for the Sweden national team, scoring 6 goals, and represented them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008, and UEFA Euro 2012.
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Markus Rosenberg began his career at hometown club Malmo FF and became the Allsvenskan top scorer while on loan at Halmstads BK during the 2004 season.
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Markus Rosenberg's second spell at Malmo FF proved to be successful, as he was named the club's greatest footballer in the 21st century.
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Markus Rosenberg began his playing career at Malmo FF at age five, having started to play football at a young age.
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Markus Rosenberg was successful in the youth team, where he started playing as a right-back before becoming a striker at age 16.
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Markus Rosenberg made an impact playing for the club's reserves in the 2000 season, scoring 26 times and earning him promotion to the first team.
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Markus Rosenberg finished the 2002 season with 13 appearances in all competitions.
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Until the end of the 2003 season, Markus Rosenberg went on to make 21 appearances scoring five times in all competitions.
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Markus Rosenberg finished the 2004 season with 29 appearances and 17 goals in all competitions.
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Markus Rosenberg then scored three goals in three consecutive matches between 16 June 2005 and 27 June 2005.
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Markus Rosenberg scored four more goals until the end of 2005.
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Markus Rosenberg scored three goals in two UEFA Cup appearances against Start.
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Markus Rosenberg then scored three goals in two matches between 8 December 2007 and 15 December 2007, including a brace against Hannover 96.
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Markus Rosenberg then scored two goals in two matches between 28 November 2010 and 5 December 2010 against Deportivo de La Coruna and Malaga.
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However, Markus Rosenberg suffered a knee injury while training and was sidelined for two weeks.
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Markus Rosenberg then followed up by scoring two goals in the next two matches, coming against Malaga and RCD Mallorca.
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Markus Rosenberg then scored two goals in two matches between 3 December 2011 and 10 December 2011 against Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg.
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Markus Rosenberg soon became fan favourite and earned the nickname "Rosi".
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Markus Rosenberg struggled to perform in the league, but proved to be a very efficient goal scorer in both the European and domestic cups.
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Markus Rosenberg established himself in the starting eleven and formed a partnership with strikers such as Hugo Almeida and Boubacar Sanogo.
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However, Markus Rosenberg found his first team opportunities limited, due to strong competition in the striker position and mostly came on as a substitute.
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When he left West Brom, Markus Rosenberg donated all contents in his house to charity.
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On 1 February 2014, Malmo FF confirmed they had agreed on a three-year contract with Markus Rosenberg, who returned for the first time in nine years.
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On 3 February 2014, the transfer was confirmed after the medical examination had been performed, and Markus Rosenberg subsequently travelled to Bradenton, Florida, where the club was engaged in a pre-season training camp.
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Markus Rosenberg went on a scoring spree scoring against Kalmar, Falkenberg, Sparta Prague, IFK Goteborg and Orebro from 26 July 2014 to 13 August 2014.
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Around the same month, Markus Rosenberg announced his retirement from the Sweden national team in order to fully concentrate on Malmo FF, having become a first team regular back at the club.
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Markus Rosenberg was nominated for Swedish Forward of the Year at Fotbollsgalan.
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Ahead of the 2015 season, it was announced that Markus Rosenberg was the new captain for Malmo FF, succeeding Molins.
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Markus Rosenberg started the season well scoring two goals in the four Svenska Cupen matches.
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Markus Rosenberg only scored two goals in the next three months, which came against Hammarby on 20 April 2015 and another came against Atvidaberg on 31 May 2015.
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Markus Rosenberg later scored four more goals later in the 2015 season, including a brace against Kalmar on 17 October 2015.
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At the start of the 2016 season, Markus Rosenberg kept his first team place as well as his captaincy of the side.
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Markus Rosenberg followed up by scoring in the next two matches, against Falkenbergs and Ostersund.
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At the start of the 2017 season, Markus Rosenberg retained his first team place as well as his captaincy of the side.
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Markus Rosenberg finished the 2017 season with 25 appearances and 8 goals in all competitions.
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At the start of the 2018 season, Markus Rosenberg kept his first team place as well as his captaincy of the side.
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Markus Rosenberg then scored three more goals throughout April, including a brace against Brommapojkarna on 23 April 2018.
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Markus Rosenberg then scored four more goals in the following two months.
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Markus Rosenberg scored two goals in two matches in the remaining two league matches of the season against IFK Goteborg and Elfsborg.
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Until the end of the 2018 season, Markus Rosenberg went on to make 46 appearances and scoring 19 times in all competitions.
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At the start of the 2019 season, Markus Rosenberg retained his first team place as well as his captaincy of the side.
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Markus Rosenberg then scored two consecutive braces between 5 May 2019 and 12 May 2019, in wins against Falkenbergs and Elfsborg.
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On 30 June 2019, Markus Rosenberg said he was going to retire from professional football at the end of the 2019 season.
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Markus Rosenberg later scored two more goals in the following two months.
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Markus Rosenberg finished the 2019 season with 42 appearances and 21 goals in all competitions.
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Shortly after announcing his retirement from professional football, Markus Rosenberg pursued a new career by becoming a football agent alongside former teammate Behrang Safari.
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In 2018, Markus Rosenberg opened a padel center, Padelcourt No 9, in the Swedish town Hollviken.
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In February 2002, Markus Rosenberg was called up to the Sweden U21 squad for the first time.
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Two years later, Markus Rosenberg was called up to the Sweden U21 squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Germany.
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Markus Rosenberg made nine appearances scoring three times for the U21 side.
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In December 2004, Markus Rosenberg was called up to the Sweden national team for the first time in his career.
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Markus Rosenberg made his debut in a match against South Korea on 22 January 2005.
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On 9 May 2006, it was announced that Markus Rosenberg had been chosen to be in the Sweden squad for the FIFA World Cup.
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Markus Rosenberg was featured on the substitute bench and did not play a single match throughout the 2006 World Cup finals, as Sweden were knocked out in the round of 16 by Germany.
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Markus Rosenberg played two times in the tournament, as they were eliminated in the group stage.
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Markus Rosenberg later made two appearances in the tournament, as they were eliminated in the group stage .
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Markus Rosenberg was born in Malmo, Sweden, to father, Paul, self-employed salesman and mother Marie.
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Markus Rosenberg revealed that his family often moved a lot around the areas of Malmo.
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Markus Rosenberg attended Geijerskolan during primary school, then at Munkhatteskolan during the fourth and fifth grade and Tangvallaskolan during the sixth and ninth grade.
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Markus Rosenberg then attended Malmo Borgarskola and studied at a football gymnasium, where he earned a top honour as the best student.
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Markus Rosenberg is married to Maria, and together, they have two children.