Known for his versatility, speed, and technical skills, Reus is widely regarded as one of Borussia Dortmund 's best ever players. Reus returned to his hometown club and back-to-back Bundesliga winners Borussia Dortmund after the β12 season. He finished Bundesliga runner-up seven times in his twelve years at the club.
He also served as captain from until Marco Reus has scored over goals for the club, and is one of only three players to have reached Bundesliga goals and assists each. With more than goals scored throughout his career, Reus is considered one of the most dangerous midfielders of this century. After his contract at Dortmund expired at the end of the β24 season , Reus signed for US-American side Los Angeles Galaxy in August , until the end of , leaving Dortmund after 12 years, as well as Germany for the first time in his career.
Four months after signing for Galaxy, Reus clinched his first trophies with the club. Reus has 48 caps with the German national team. He represented them at two major tournaments Euro and World Cup , but also missed three World Cups , , and two Euros , due to physical reasons. Thus, Marco Reus was not part of the Germany squad that would win the World Cup in , after suffering an ankle injury. Reus was born in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia. During his first year there, he played as an attacking midfielder and was featured in six games for the club's second team, which played in the Westphalia league at the time.
He scored a goal in each of his first two games. The following year, he was able to break into Ahlen's first team, which played in the then German third division , today's fourth tier Regionalliga Nord.
He would wear the number 47 that season. Reus featured in 16 games that season, two of which he started. His only goal came on the last matchday, where he played the full 90 minutes for the first time that season, and propelled the team to promotion into the 2.
