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  • Name: Marcus 'Hulk' Solberg
  • Age: 18 (17.02.1995)
  • Position: Striker
  • Club: AGF Aarhus
  • International caps:
    • Denmark U19
      • 6 matches / 2 goals
    • Denmark U18
      • 1 match / 0 goals
    • Denmark U17
      • 11 matches / 7 goals
    • Denmark U16
      • 5 matches / 2 goals
  • Value: £125.000

He was nicknamed 'Hulk' because of his superior physics as an U15-player, and is considered to be one of AGF Aarhus' greatest talents ever; This week we keep an eye on Marcus 'Hulk' Solberg.

Since Solberg joined AGF from one of the, in members biggest clubs in Denmark, HEI, in 2009 his development have only gone one way; up. Shortly after coming to the club he was named as one of the greatest talents in AGF and considered even a bigger talent than Morten 'Duncan' Rasmussen, former AGF and Celtic player.

Despite being praised as a future star in the Danish Superliga, the young talent is not resting on his laurels:

“Well, it is not something that I think about, the most important for me is to be focused on what I need to approve and my development.
“The most important was to work hard, and have a will to win; something I feel I have brought with me and used in AGF. If something hasn’t worked for me, I have just kept going," Hulk says and put words on what he needs to improve:
“As a striker you always need to develop your finish, and your play in and around the box.”
Being part of the Superliga squad in Aarhus means that Solberg is training with a group of current and former Danish internationals every day. One of them is the former Schalke and Toulouse striker Søren Larsen whom Solberg looks to learn from.
“I look at Søren Larsen, and especially how he works in front of goal when he meets a crossing, so I have learned a lot from him during training.
“He is good to give some tips on the training ground, as well as outside the pitch. I have been injured for a while, and he has been through the same," Solberg says.
It is not only the staff in Aarhus that have seen the potential in Solberg. Along with the talented goalkeeper Thomas Hagelskjær the striker went to Werder Bremen for a week's trial with the Bundesliga clubs' youth team. However, both players returned to Aarhus to continue their development in Denmark. In fact, Solberg finds the training in Aarhus just as good as what he experienced in Germany.

Former Denmark U19 manager Thomas Frank also saw the talents potential and promoted him to his squad after only one match for the Danish U18. It has so far resulted in 6 matches and 2 goals from the striker, who enjoys every minute in the national shirt.
“It is always great with the national team, and it is a great experience to play with some of the best in the country," Solberg says.
After been injured with a fiber explosion in the stomach region, Solberg is aiming to comeback on the highest level in Aarhus, where he feels he have something to contribute to the team. One thing is for sure; the 'Hulk' will fight for every chance to make it as a top striker in Denmark or abroad.