Finn Ole Becker
Personal information
Full name Finn Ole Becker
Date of birth (2000-06-08) 8 June 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Elmshorn, Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder, right-back
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim
Number 20
Youth career
TSV Sparrieshoop
0000–2011 Holsatia Elmshorn
2011–2019 FC St. Pauli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 FC St. Pauli 84 (4)
2022 → FC St. Pauli II 1 (0)
2022 TSG Hoffenheim II 7 (1)
2022– TSG Hoffenheim 33 (0)
International career‡
2017 Germany U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 Germany U19 3 (0)
2019 Germany U20 4 (0)
2021–2023 Germany U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:15, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Finn Ole Becker (born 8 June 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or right-back for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.[2]

Early life

Becker attended the Bismarckschule in Elmshorn for high school, where he graduated in 2018.[3][4]

He has two sisters and a brother.[4]

Club career

Early career

Becker began playing football at TSV Sparrieshoop, for whom his father Dirk Becker had once played in the Landesliga. Until 30 June 2011, he was a player at Holsatia Elmshorn, where Bruno Harnau, who worked there as youth coordinator, introduced him to FC St. Pauli. He subsequently moved to St. Pauli on 1 July 2011 at the age of eleven.[3][5]

In the 2015–16 season, Becker made 15 appearances in the Under 17 Bundesliga North/Northeast, providing an assist. He played in the Under 19 Bundesliga for the next two seasons, making 37 appearances in which he scored four goals and assisted two. In his final season for the St. Pauli under-19 team, Becker finished with 20 games, two goals and one assist.[6]

FC St. Pauli

Becker made his professional debut for FC St. Pauli in the 2. Bundesliga under head coach Jos Luhukay on 14 April 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute for Ryō Miyaichi in the 1–1 home draw against Arminia Bielefeld.[7] He thereby became the first player born in 2000 to make an appearance for the club.[8] In his second game on 21 April against 1. FC Heidenheim, he came on for Christopher Buchtmann in the 45th minute, but was sent off in the 72nd minute after receiving his second yellow card.[9] Becker made his first ever start on 3 May in the away game against Dynamo Dresden.[10]

TSG Hoffenheim

As his contract with St. Pauli was set to expire, it was announced on 29 January 2022 that Becker would join Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim as a free agent from the 2022–23 season. He signed a four-year contract.[11]

International career

On 12 November 2017, Becker made his debut for the Germany U18 team under coach Guido Streichsbier at the age of 17 in a friendly match. He was in the starting lineup in a 3–1 win against Italy team and was substituted for Nick Bätzner in the 70th minute of the game.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
St. Pauli 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 5 0 1 0 — 0 0 6 0
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 28 1 1 0 — — 29 1
2020–21 2. Bundesliga 30 1 0 0 — — 30 1
2020–21 2. Bundesliga 30 1 0 0 — — 30 1
2021–22 2. Bundesliga 21 2 3 0 — — 24 2
Total 84 4 5 0 — 0 0 89 4
St. Pauli II 2021–22 Regionalliga Nord 1 0 — — — 1 0
1899 Hoffenheim II 2022–23 Regionalliga Südwest 7 1 — — — 7 1
1899 Hoffenheim 2022–23 Bundesliga 13 0 1 0 — — 14 0
2023–24 Bundesliga 20 0 1 0 — — 21 0
Total 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Career total 125 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 132 5

References

  1. ^ "Finn Ole Becker". fcstpauli.com (in German). FC St. Pauli. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ Finn Ole Becker at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b Bunk, Michael (7 March 2015). "Fussball: Erst HFV-Auswahl, dann DFB-Lehrgang | shz.de". Pinneberger Tageblatt (in German).
  4. ^ a b Ackermann, Michael (17 April 2019). "Finn Ole Becker: FC St. Paulis größtes Juwel war mal ein HSV-Fan". bild.de (in German).
  5. ^ "Finn Ole Becker | FC St. Pauli | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Finn Becker » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Nur 45 Minuten gut: Miyaichi sichert St. Pauli das Remis" [Only 45 good minutes: Miyaichi secures draw for St. Pauli]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Talent Becker: Auf dem Platz war die Aufregung verschwunden". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 18 April 2019.
  9. ^ Harms, Carsten (26 October 2019). "St. Pauli gegen Heidenheim: Ein Kampf gegen die Horrorbilanz". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German).
  10. ^ "Dresden feiert dank Burnics Energieleistung". kicker (in German). 3 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Finn Ole Becker wechselt im Sommer ablösefrei zur TSG". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Deutschland - Italien 3:1 (U18 Freundschaft 2017, November)". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2021.

External links

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – current squad
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