Marcel Gecov

Marcel Gecov
Fulham info
Full name	Marcel Gecov
Date of birth	1 Jan 1988
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	5ft 11in (1.80m)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Current player?
Number(s) worn	15 (2011-2012)
Debut	Chelsea (a) (21 Sept 2011)
Last Appearance	Man City (a) (4 Feb 2012)
Joined from	Slovan Liberec, £720,000 - 20 Jul 2011
Left for	Gent, £700,000 - 23 Jul 2012
League apps (gls)	2 (0)
All apps (gls)	5 (0)
Other clubs	Slavia Prague (2005-2008) & (2013-2015) → Kladno (loan) (2007) Slovan Liberec (2008-2011) Gent (2012) Rapid Bucharest (2015) Śląsk Wrocław (2015-2016)
International	Czech Republic (2011)
Apps (gls)	1 (0)

Marcel Gecov was a midfielder, formerly of Fulham. He was signed by Martin Jol as a 23-year-old to bolster the midfield in a season where the club entered the Europa League for the second time. He only spent one season at the club before moving on due to lack of playing time with a handful of appearances.

Career

Before Fulham

Gecov began his club career with Slavia Prague at the age of six. The young midfielder went through all the youth teams of Slavia and was just 17 when he was promoted to their first team , though ultimately he did not make any appearances for them. In January 2007, Gecov was sent to SK Kladno on loan for the rest of the season where he saw much first team action in a relatively successful spell. This would have seemed to have put him in the window for selling, and the following year in January 2008, he signed a three and a half year contract with Slovan Liberec. It was here that he truly grew as a footballer and made his appearances for his national U21 side from 2008 to 2011.

Fulham (2011-2012)

Marcel signed for Fulham on 20 July 2011 for an undisclosed fee thought to be in the region of £700,000 from Slovan Liberec. Thought a useful addition of youth to an ageing midfield, he was brought in by Martin Jol but found game time hard to come by. After eventually making his debut in a League Cup encounter away to Chelsea, he only made a further 4 appearances for the first team in 2011-12. Such was the case with the lack of first team action, he was allowed to move on in the following summer, with the club selling him to Belgium club Gent for a similar fee that was bought for him.

After Fulham

Despite signing a four-year deal at Gent, he was quickly deemed surplus to requirements and was only there for a few months before moving back to his native Czech Rebublic to rejoin his former club Slavia Prague. This was quickly followed by short stints at Gent in Belgium, Rapid Bucharest in Romania and finally Śląsk Wrocław in Poland.

By 2016, having failed to make an impression at any of his most recent clubs, Marcel retired from professional football at the young age of 28.

Fulham Statistics

Appearances

Season	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europa League		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2011-12	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
Total	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0

Disciplinary

Season
2011-12	1	0
Total	1	0

Fulham Matches

#	Season	Date	Comp	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	2011-12	21 Sept 2011	LC	Chelsea	Away	Drew	0-0*	91'
2	2011-12	20 Oct 2011	UEL	Wisła Kraków	Away	Lost	0-1	75'
3	2011-12	5 Dec 2011	PREM	Liverpool	Home	Won	2-1	90+2'
4	2011-12	14 Dec 2011	UEL	Odense	Home	Drew	2-2	72'
5	2011-12	4 Feb 2012	PREM	Man City	Away	Lost	0-3	85'

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