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Nico Schlotterbeck
Schlotterbeck warming up for Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Full name Nico Cedric Schlotterbeck[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Waiblingen, Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2007 SG Weinstadt
2007–2014 Stuttgarter Kickers
2014–2015 VfR Aalen
2015–2017 Karlsruher SC
2017–2018 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 SC Freiburg II 25 (2)
2019–2022 SC Freiburg 49 (4)
2020–2021 → Union Berlin (loan) 16 (1)
2022– Borussia Dortmund 69 (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 17 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2021 Hungary–Slovenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:02, 14 Octover 2024 (UTC)

Nico Cedric Schlotterbeck (born 1 December 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.[2][3]

Club career

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SC Freiburg

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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.[4] In his final match for Freiburg, the club lost the DFB-Pokal Final on penalties but Schlotterbeck was awarded the man of the match.[5]

Loan to Union Berlin

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On 31 July 2020, Schlotterbeck joined Union Berlin on a one-year loan.[6]

Borussia Dortmund

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On 2 May 2022, Borussia Dortmund announced the signing of Schlotterbeck on a five-year deal, starting from the 2022–23 season.[7] He joined for a reported €25 million transfer fee.[8] 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.[9]

International career

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Schlotterbeck got his debut call-up to the Germany national team under coach Hansi Flick for FIFA World Cup qualification in September 2021.[10] He made his debut against Israel in a friendly on 27 March 2022.[11] Later that year, on 10 November, he was named in the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[12]

Schlotterbeck was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[13]

Personal life

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Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who played for Freiburg.[14] 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.[15] Schlotterbeck's cousin, Sandrine, appeared on the seventh series of the German edition of Love Island in 2022.[16]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 5 November 2024[17][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SC Freiburg II 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 24 2 — — 24 2
2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 25 2 — — 25 2
SC Freiburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 13 0 1 0 — 14 0
2021–22 Bundesliga 32 4 6 0 — 38 4
Total 49 4 7 0 — 56 4
Union Berlin (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 16 1 1 1 — 17 2
Borussia Dortmund 2022–23 Bundesliga 28 4 3 0 8[a] 0 39 4
2023–24 Bundesliga 33 2 3 0 12[a] 0 48 2
2024–25 Bundesliga 8 0 2 0 4[a] 0 14 0
Total 69 6 8 0 24 0 101 6
Career total 159 13 16 1 24 0 199 14
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 14 October 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2022 8 0
2023 3 0
2024 6 0
Total 17 0

Honours

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SC Freiburg

Borussia Dortmund

Germany U21

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 13. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Nico Schlotterbeck". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ ""Mein Bruder hat mir einiges berichtet": Union holt Nico Schlotterbeck". kicker (in German). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Herthas Unglücksrabe heißt Ibisevic" [Hertha's misfortune is called Ibišević]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ GmbH, Perform Media Deutschland (22 May 2022). "SC Freiburg – RB Leipzig, Stimmen zum DFB-Pokalfinale: Man darf den alten Trainer nicht schlecht machen". www.spox.com (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. ^ "N ico Schlotterbeck Joins 1.FC Union Berlin on Loan". Last Word On Football. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. ^ "BVB signs Nico Schlottbeck". Borussia Dortmund. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. ^ Johnson, Paul (3 May 2022). "Borussia Dortmund Sign Nico Schlotterbeck from Freiburg for €25m". SB Nation. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Statistik beweist: Tackling-Monster Schlotterbeck wurde in den EM-Kader absolut verdient berufen!" (in German). Tribuna.com. 14 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Bundestrainer Flick beruft drei Neulinge und fünf Rückkehrer". dfb.de. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Flick on Schlotterbeck's Germany debut: "Hopefully, it will be a good lesson for him"". Bulinews. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Flick beruft Moukoko, Füllkrug und Götze in WM-Kader" [Flick names Moukoko, Füllkrug and Götze to World Cup squad] (in German). German Football Association. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  13. ^ "UEFA Euro 2024: All squads and players full list". Olympics.com. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Keven Schlotterbeck". scfreiburg.com (in German). SC Freiburg. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  15. ^ Frahm, Daniela (14 March 2019). "SC mit einem Schlotterbeck – oder auch mit zwei" [SC with a Schlotterbeck – or with two]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  16. ^ Möller, Domescu (23 March 2022). ""Love Island"-Kandidatin Sandrine ist gleich mit zwei Ex-Unionern verwandt – raten Sie mal mit wem!". Berliner Kurier (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  17. ^ a b Nico Schlotterbeck at Soccerway
  18. ^ "DFB-Pokal 2021/22, Finale in Berlin: SC Freiburg 2:4 RB Leipzig: Takt. aufstellung" [DFB-Pokal 2021/22, Final in Berlin: SC Freiburg 2:4 RB Leipzig: Tactical lineup]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  19. ^ McNulty, Phil (1 June 2024). "Real Madrid 2–0 Borussia Dortmund". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament". UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  22. ^ "The EA Sports Bundesliga Team of the Season 2021/22 is here!". Bundesliga. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  23. ^ "The official Bundesliga Team of the Season 2022/23". Bundesliga. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Sechs Klubs vertreten: Die kicker-Elf der Saison 2021/22". kicker.de (in German). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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