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'''Alexander Merkel''' ({{lahirmati||22|2|1992}}) adalah seorang pesepakbola profesional [[Germany|GermanJerman]] yang bermain sebagai [[gelandang]] untuk klub [[Serie A]] [[A.C. Milan|Milan]].
== Karir klub ==
=== Awal karir ===
Lahir di [[Kazakhstan]] saat itu [[Russians|Russian]] dengan orangtua dari [[Germans|German]], Merkel pindah ke Jerman bersama mereka 1998, saat umur 6. Di sana dia memulai karir sepakbolanya bersama titim amatir JSG Westerwald, sebelum bergabung ke [[VfB Stuttgart]] saat usianya 11 tahun.
=== Milan ===
Pada 2008, Merkel ditransfer ke klub [[Italy|Italian]] [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]. Selama berada di tim junior, dia adalah bagian dari tim [[A.C. Milan Primavera|under-20]] yang memenangkan [[Coppa Italia Primavera]] pada 2010, 25 tahun setelah tim menjuarainya terakhir kali.
Pada 2008, Merkel transferred to [[Italy|Italian]] side [[A.C. Milan|Milan]].<ref name="gazzetta">{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2010/agosto/02/multietnico_Merkel_resta_prima_squadra_ga_10_100802027.shtml |title=E il multietnico Merkel resta in prima squadra |newspaper=[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]] |page=6 |date=2 August 2010 |accessdate=9 December 2010 |language=Italian}}</ref> During his time in the club's youth system, he was a member of the [[A.C. Milan Primavera|under-20]] side who won the [[Coppa Italia Primavera]] in 2010, 25 years after the team's last success in the competition.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2010/aprile/15/Milan_del_futuro_vola_con_ga_10_100415017.shtml |title=Il Milan del futuro vola con Verdi e Zigoni |newspaper=[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]] |date=15 April 2010 |accessdate=15 August 2010 |language=Italian}}</ref>
Merkel receivedmenerima hispanggilan firstuntuk call-ups for thetim senior team duringpada themusim 2009–10 campaign, buttapi hedia wastidak neverpernah fieldedmerumput norwalaupun namedsebagai onpemain the benchcadangan.<ref>{{cite newsPada |title=Chievo-Milan, iawal rossonerimusim convocati:di Abatemusim indisponibileberikutnya, Gattusodia ancoraambil outbagian |url=http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=13194 |author=Matteo Calcagni |work=milannews.it |date=24 October 2009 |accessdate=9 December 2010 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=I convocatipada perlaga Milan-Cagliari:pemanasan Dinhoawal c'émusim, Flaminimenampilkan outpermainan per una distorsione |url=http://wwwterbaiknya.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=14093 |author=Matteo Calcagni |work=milannews.it |date=21 November 2009 |accessdate=9 December 2010 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=I convocati contro il Novara: Verdi a disposizione |url=http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=15993 |author=Enzo Vasta |work=milannews.it |date=12 January 2010 |accessdate=9 December 2010 |language=Italian}}</ref> At the beginning of the following season, he took part in some pre-season games, putting up good performances.<ref name="scout"/> Merkel eventually made his first-team official debut on 8 December 2010, coming off the bench in a [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage game against [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]], He also came off the bench against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]] on the 75th Minute for Boateng <ref>{{cite web |title=Milan-Ajax |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000118/match=2002902/index.html |work=uefa.com |publisher=[[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]] |date=8 December 2010 |accessdate=9 December 2010}}</ref> on 6 January 2011, he also made his league debut, figuring in the starting line-up for a match against [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Match: Cagliari v AC Milan |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=304774&cc=5739 |work=[[ESPNsoccernet]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=6 January 2011 |accessdate=6 January 2011}}</ref> Merkel went on to score his first professional goal on 20 January, as Milan pulled off a 3–0 win over [[A.S. Bari|Bari]] in the [[Coppa Italia]] round of 16.<ref>{{cite web |title=Match: AC Milan v Bari |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=312103&cc=5739 |work=[[ESPNsoccernet]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=20 January 2011 |accessdate=21 January 2011}}</ref> In total, he made ten appearances, six of which were in the league, throughout the season.
=== Genoa ===
=== Milan ===
OnPada January17 17,Januari 2012 hedia returnskembali toke [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] indengan jointkepemilikan ownershipbersama. HeDia mademembuat hisdebut officialresminya debutpada wearing18 red-blackJanuari shirt2012, onsaat Januarymeraih 18,kemenangan winning overatas [[Novara]] 2-1 inpada 16babak round16 ofbesar [[Coppa Italia]].
== International career ==
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