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Ansgar Knauff

Ansgar Knauff (born 10 January 2002) is a German footballer who plays as a right winger for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.[2]

Ansgar Knauff
Knauff playing for Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAnsgar Knauff
Date of birth (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birthGöttingen, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)Winger
Team information
Current team
Eintracht Frankfurt
Number36
Youth career
2006–2015SVG Göttingen
2015–2016Hannover 96
2016–2020Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020Borussia Dortmund II36(10)
2020–2023Borussia Dortmund9(1)
2022–2023→ Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)36(2)
2023–Eintracht Frankfurt31(7)
International career‡
2020Germany U191(0)
2021–Germany U203(0)
2021–Germany U2116(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:31, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Early life edit

Knauff was born in Göttingen to a German mother and Ghanaian father, but raised by his single mother.[3][4]

Club career edit

He began his youth career at hometown club SVG Göttingen, before joining Hannover 96's youth academy in 2015.[5] A year later, he joined the Borussia Dortmund youth team, in which he played in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League. In September 2020, he made his debut for Borussia Dortmund II in the fourth division of German football. During the 2020–21 Regionalliga West season, he appeared in 28 games for Dortmund II, scoring 9 goals.[6]

Borussia Dortmund edit

Knauff signed his first professional contract with Borussia Dortmund on 25 November 2020, lasting until 2023.[7] He made his first team debut on 8 December, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Thorgan Hazard in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League match against Zenit Saint Petersburg.[8] The away match finished as a 2–1 win for Dortmund.[9] On 20 March 2021, he made his first appearance in the Bundesliga, coming on for Thomas Meunier in the 80th minute and providing the assist for a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw against Köln.[10] He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 10 April, scoring the winning goal in a 3–2 victory against VfB Stuttgart.[11]

Eintracht Frankfurt edit

On 20 January 2022, Knauff joined Eintracht Frankfurt on an eighteen-month loan deal.[12] Sebastian Kehl, Dortmund's head of playing department, explained the move by stating that "He approached us to state his wish to get more playing time on loan. We would like to offer him this chance to continue his development at a high level."[13] Knauff scored his first goal for Eintracht on 5 March in a 4–1 victory against Hertha BSC.[14] In the knockout phase of the Europa League campaign, he was an undisputed starter, did not miss a single minute of playing time, and scored important goals against FC Barcelona in the quarter-final and West Ham in the semifinal.[6] On 18 May 2022, he appeared as a starting player in the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final against Rangers and won the Europa League trophy with his club after the penalty shoot-out.[15] For his performance during the 2021–22 Europa League season, Knauff was awarded the Young Player of the Season award by UEFA.[16]On 9 June 2023, he permanently moved to Frankfurt.[17]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 18 May 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Dortmund II2020–21Regionalliga West289———289
2021–223. Liga81———81
Total3610———3610
Borussia Dortmund2020–21Bundesliga41—3[a]00071
2021–2250103[a]00090
Total91106000161
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)2021–22Bundesliga121—7[b]2—193
2022–23241206[a]01[c]0331
Eintracht Frankfurt2023–24317118[d]0—408
Total67931212109212
Career total11220412721014423
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours edit

Borussia Dortmund

Eintracht Frankfurt

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "Ansgar Knauff". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ Ansgar Knauff at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Ansgar Knauff: Das ist der neue Hoffnungsträger des BVB". wettfreunde.net. 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ansgar Knauff bei der BVB-Vorbereitung dabei: Das ist das Talent aus der U19 von Borussia Dortmund". spox.com (in German). 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Ansgar Knauff | Player profile". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "A. Knauff". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. ^ "BVB extend Ansgar Knauff's contract". Borussia Dortmund. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Who is Ansgar Knauff, Borussia Dortmund's latest academy graduate promoted alongside Youssoufa Moukoko?". Bundesliga. 6 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Champions League 2020/2021 » Group F » Zenit St. Petersburg – Borussia Dortmund 1:2". WorldFootball.net. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Erling Haaland brace only enough for Borussia Dortmund draw at Cologne". Bundesliga. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Dank Joker Knauff: Borussia Dortmund bezwingt den VfB Stuttgart". Bundesliga (in German). 10 April 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Eintracht verpflichtet Ansgar Knauff". profis.eintracht.de (in German). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Ansgar Knauff joins Eintracht Frankfurt on loan". 20 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt flying again following dominant win at Hertha Berlin". Bundesliga. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Full Time Summary Final – Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Ansgar Knauff named 2021/22 UEFA Europa League Young Player of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Ansgar Knauff moves to Eintracht Frankfurt". Borussia Dortmund. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Goldene Fritz-Walter-Medaillen an Brand, Adeyemi und Moukoko". dfb.de (in German). 9 November 2022.

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