Marius Lode
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Kvernaland, Norway
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Number 2
Youth career
2009–2011 Frøyland
2012 Bryne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Bryne 117 (0)
2017–2021 Bodø/Glimt 118 (1)
2022 Schalke 04 6 (0)
2022– Bodø/Glimt 30 (0)
International career‡
2013 Norway U21 1 (0)
2021– Norway 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Marius Lode (born 11 March 1993) is Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bodø/Glimt.

Club career

Lode was born in Kvernaland,[2] and started his career in local Frøyland IL.[3] His grandfather comes from Germany.[4]

He made his senior debut for Bryne FK on 9 April 2012 against Strømmen; Bryne won that match 3–1. He played as a defender for Bryne until May 2015, when he was banned from playing professional football, due to a positive drug test, that showed use of Ritalin, a medicinal stimulant drug consisting of methylphenidate.[5] Lode tested positive on Ritalin in May 2015, before a match against Sogndal. He stated he had used Ritalin as performance-enhancing drug before university exams.[6][7] Lode was banned from playing football in ten months and lost most of the 2016 season.[8] During the ban, he worked in a local restaurant in Bryne and maintained his physique, until he was allowed to train with Bryne FK in October 2016.[9]

Lode signed for Bodø/Glimt before the season in 2017, playing 29 out of 30 matches that season.[10] Bodø/Glimt won the Norwegian first division in 2017 and was promoted to Eliteserien. Before the 2018 season, some Norwegian football clubs were interested in buying Lode, including the relegated teams Viking and Aalesund.[11]

In January 2022, 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04 announced the signing of Lode on a two-and-a-half year contract.[12] He was released by Schalke on 16 August 2022.[13]

On 31 August 2022, Lode signed for his old club Bodø/Glimt on a contract lasting until the end of 2025 season, with an option for another year.[14]

International career

Lode made his debut for Norway national team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 September 2023[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bryne 2012 1. divisjon 28 0 2 0 — 30 0
2013 1. divisjon 27 0 3 0 — 30 0
2014 1. divisjon 23 0 2 0 — 25 0
2015 1. divisjon 28 0 3 0 — 31 0
2016 1. divisjon 11 0 0 0 — 11 0
Total 117 0 10 0 — 127 0
Bodø/Glimt 2017 1. divisjon 29 0 3 0 — 32 0
2018 Eliteserien 16 0 3 0 — 19 0
2019 Eliteserien 26 0 1 0 — 27 0
2020 Eliteserien 26 1 0 0 3 0 29 1
2021 Eliteserien 21 0 0 0 14 0 35 0
Total 118 1 7 0 17 0 142 1
Schalke 04 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 6 0 — — 6 0
Bodø/Glimt 2022 Eliteserien 10 0 0 0 6 0 16 0
2023 20 0 8 0 7 0 28 0
Total 30 0 8 0 13 0 51 0
Career total 271 1 25 0 30 0 326 1

International

As of match played 13 November 2021[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2021 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Schalke 04

External links

References

  1. ^ "Marius Lode". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Marius Lode". altomfotball.no. TV2. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ Fotball.no profile
  4. ^ Witte, Marcel (22 January 2022). "Schalke 04: Neuzugang sieht BVB-Star Erling Haaland im falschen Verein". Ruhr 24 (in German). Ruhr24 GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ Markowitz JS, Straughn AB, Patrick KS (2003). "Advances in the pharmacotherapy of attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder: focus on methylphenidate formulations". Pharmacotherapy. 23 (10): 1281–99. doi:10.1592/phco.23.12.1281.32697. PMID 14594346. S2CID 10084589.
  6. ^ Auklend, Erik Sergio; Grimen, Bjørn (8 October 2015). "– Jeg skal komme tilbake som fotballspiller på toppnivå". NRK. Rogaland. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  7. ^ Fisketjøn, Lars (9 October 2015). "Stopp sesongen nå, Marius Lode!". Lokalfotball.no. Rogaland. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. ^ Hagen, Svein (12 August 2016). "Utestengt i 10 måneder etter dopingdom. Går rett inn i startoppstillingen". Aftenposten. Oslo. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. ^ Sandsmark, Øyving U.; Selvikvåg, Trine (14 October 2015). "Stor glede då Marius Lode kunne trena med Bryne igjen". Jærbladet. Bryne. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Marius Lode". glimt.no. FK Bodø/Glimt. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  11. ^ Nilssen, Stig (7 February 2018). "Marius Lode takket nei til Viking". Aftenposten. Oslo. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Marius Lode joins FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 14 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Marius Lode released from contract with FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 16 August 2022.
  14. ^ "MARIUS LODE ER TILBAKE" (in Norwegian). Bodø/Glimt. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Gibraltar v Norway game report". FIFA. 24 March 2021.[dead link]
  16. ^ "Marius Lode". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Marius Lode - Club matches". worldfootball.net.
  18. ^ "Marius Lode » Internationals". worldfootball.net.
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