Nico Schlotterbeck

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Nico Schlotterbeck
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Schlotterbeck with Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Full name Nico Cedric Schlotterbeck [1]
Date of birth (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth Waiblingen, Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2] [3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2015 VfR Aalen
2015–2017 Karlsruher SC
2017–2018 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 SC Freiburg II 25 (2)
2019–2022 SC Freiburg 49 (4)
2020–2021 → Union Berlin (loan) 16 (1)
2022– Borussia Dortmund 61 (6)
International career‡
2017 Germany U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Germany U19 2 (0)
2018 Germany U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Germany U21 13 (3)
2022– Germany 11 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2021 Hungary–Slovenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:02, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Nico Cedric Schlotterbeck (born 1 December 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays primarily as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. [4] [5]

Contents

Club career

SC Freiburg

Schlotterbeck debuted for SC Freiburg on 9 March 2019, coming on as a half-time substitute for Philipp Lienhart in the 2–1 home win against Hertha BSC. [6] In his final match for Freiburg, the club lost the DFB-Pokal Final on penalties but Schlotterbeck was awarded the man of the match. [7]

Loan to Union Berlin

On 31 July 2020, Schlotterbeck joined Union Berlin on a one-year loan. [8]

Borussia Dortmund

On 2 May 2022, Borussia Dortmund announced the signing of Schlotterbeck on a five-year deal, starting from the 2022–23 season. [9] He joined for a reported €25 million transfer fee. [10] In the 2023–24 season, he achieved the highest tackling success rate in the Bundesliga at 71%, in addition to winning possession over 240 times, he also played a crucial role in his club's qualification to the Champions League final. [11]

International career

Schlotterbeck got his debut call-up to the Germany national team under coach Hansi Flick for FIFA World Cup qualification in September 2021. [12] He made his debut against Israel in a friendly on 27 March 2022. [13] Later that year, on 10 November, he was named in the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [14]

Personal life

Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who played for Freiburg. [15] His older brother, Keven, is a professional footballer who played the 2019–20 season at Union Berlin on loan from SC Freiburg, to which he returned for the 2020–21 season. [16] Schlotterbeck's cousin, Sandrine, appeared on the seventh series of the German edition of Love Island in 2022. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024 [3] [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 242——242
2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest10——10
Total252——252
SC Freiburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 4000—40
2019–20 Bundesliga13010—140
2021–22 Bundesliga32460—384
Total49470—564
Union Berlin (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga16111—172
Borussia Dortmund 2022–23 Bundesliga284308 [lower-alpha 1] 0394
2023–24 Bundesliga3323011 [lower-alpha 1] 0472
Total61660190866
Career total1511314119018414
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 9 September 2023 [3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 202280
202330
Total110

Honours

SC Freiburg

Germany U21

Individual

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