Leon Schaffran
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Valentin Schaffran | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vaduz | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2009 | BW Beelitz | ||
| 2009–2012 | RSV Eintracht 1949 | ||
| 2012–2016 | Hertha BSC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Hertha BSC II | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2024 | Greuther Fürth II | 75 | (0) |
| 2018–2024 | Greuther Fürth | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Vaduz | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:17, 21 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Leon Valentin Schaffran (born 31 July 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Challenge League club Vaduz in Liechtenstein.
Club career
[edit]Schaffran is a youth product of BW Beelitz, RSV Eintracht 1949, and Hertha. He began his senior career with the Hertha reserves in 2016, but left after 3 seasons without breaking into the senior team. He transferred to Greuther Fürth in the summer of 2018, where he was initially the third goalkeeper.[1] He made his professional debut with Greuther Fürth a 2–0 DFB Pokal loss to Stuttgarter Kickers on 30 July 2022.[2] He was briefly the starting goalkeeper in August 2022, after an injury to the starter Andreas Linde.[3]
On 13 May 2024, Schaffran signed a one-year contract with Vaduz.[4]
International career
[edit]Schaffran is a youth international for Germany, having played up to the Germany U19s.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leon Schaffran: Vom "Jonglier-Rastelli" zum Profi-Keeper". Sportbuzzer.de.
- ^ Sport, S. W. R. "Riesenüberraschung auf der Waldau: Stuttgarter Kickers bezwingen Fürth im DFB-Pokal". swr.online.
- ^ "Fürth gibt leichte Entwarnung bei Torwart Linde". kicker.
- ^ "Rochaden im Torhüterteam des FC Vaduz" [Castling in the FC Vaduz goalkeeper team] (in German). FC Vaduz. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Leon Schaffran - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter.
External links
[edit]- Leon Schaffran at Soccerway
- Bundesliga profile
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Berlin
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- Hertha BSC II players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth II players
- FC Vaduz players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein
- German expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
- 21st-century German sportsmen