[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ter-stegen-marc-andre/byxc46yl/"]Ter Stegen[/a], 34, joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]FC Barcelona[/a] on Tuesday, signing for one season after spending the second half of last season at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/girona/nNNpcUSL/"]Girona[/a].[/p][p]The 44-time German international was announced as Marc-André ter Stegen, the name he's gone by throughout his career. After his announcement, though, he was presented as [b]Marc ter Stegen[/b].[/p][embed guid="b9e12f98-a03d-4f03-b6d5-b34cf6651ea2" url="https://x.com/AFCAjax/status/2085410211334873495?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Dutch outlets confirmed that Ter Stegen had changed his name to Marc ter Stegen after an interview with the German goalkeeper, meaning he'd officially dropped André from his name.[/p][p]In addition to Ter Stegen, Ajax manager Michel, whose full name is Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz, said he will go by [b]Míchel Sánchez[/b] from now on, as per the Spanish manager's own wishes.[/p][infobox id="383e2abc-afe3-4139-8e06-aa4254ac57ee" /]
Marc-Andre ter Stegen changes name following loan move to Ajax
German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has chosen to change his name shortly after his season-long loan move to Dutch giants Ajax.
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