Name: Jean-Jacques Marx
Nickname: "Django"
Country:
FranceClub: Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace
Position: *SB, CB
Side: RF/BS (mostly left)
Age: 21-23 years (23/05/1957)
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Attack: 74
Defence: 71
Balance: 81
Stamina: 86
Top Speed: 79
Acceleration: 79
Response: 75
Agility: 75
Dribble Accuracy: 74
Dribble Speed: 74
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 74
Long Pass Speed: 74
Shot Accuracy: 71
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 70
Free Kick Accuracy: 65
Curling: 71
Header: 84
Jump: 84
Technique: 76
Aggression: 79
Mentality/Tenacity: 83
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 76
Injury Tolerance: B
Form/Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Early/Lasting
CARDS:
P01 - Overlapping Run
P17 - Offensive Fullback
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Side
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
INFO:
Very offensive left back, who could cover all positions in the back. Movable, average technique, but had a strong shot, which he used since he liked to shoot from outside. Very strong header game, Marx was often dangerous from set-pieces. He likes to move around the field, so he could be found literally everywhere. This combative defender is a kind of marathoner, accurately reflecting Gilbert Gress' approach to total football and physical preparation. An impressive goal-scoring number for a defender.
He started playing football at a club in his Alsatian hometown of Fegersheim. He began his professional career in 1975 with the then first division club Racing Strasbourg. It was with this club that he celebrated his greatest career success by winning the French championship in 1979. He contributed six goals in 29 appearances to this success. He also made five appearances in the UEFA Cup in the same season. Marx and his club were eliminated in this competition in the quarter-finals against MSV Duisburg. In the season after the championship, the club took part in the European Cup for the first time, advancing to the quarter-finals. Here, the club drew the short straw against the Dutch top club Ajax Amsterdam. After a 0-0 draw at the Stade de la Meinau, the club lost 4-0 away in Amsterdam. Marx, who had played three times in the competition until the quarter-finals, had only played in the second leg. In 1982, after seven years in Strasbourg, Marx moved to league rivals FC Toulouse, where he made 153 appearances in five years. In 1987 he moved to the then second division club FC Lorient, where he played 32 games. After only one season, he moved back to Strasbourg, but not to Racing, but to the lower-class ASPV Strasbourg. He ended his career there in 1995.
Jean-Jacques Marx was called up to the France national football team for a friendly match on 8 November 1978 between France and the Spanish national team. In this match, won at home by France 1-0, he was a substitute. As he did not enter the field, he did not obtain the status of international footballer.
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