Georginio Rutter
Rutter in 2023
Personal information
Full name Georginio Rutter
Date of birth (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Plescop, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United
Number 24
Youth career
2007–2014 Ménimur
2014–2017 Vannes
2017–2020 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Rennes II 22 (5)
2020–2021 Rennes 4 (0)
2021–2023 TSG Hoffenheim 57 (11)
2023– Leeds United 37 (5)
International career‡
2017–2018 France U16 17 (12)
2018–2019 France U17 19 (5)
2019 France U18 10 (4)
2021 France U20 4 (0)
2022– France U21 4 (0)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Third place 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:08, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023

Georginio Rutter (born 20 April 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Leeds United.

Early life

Georginio Rutter[2] was born on 20 April 2002 in Plescop, Morbihan.[3]

Club career

Rennes

On 26 September 2020, Rutter made his professional debut for Rennes coming on for Eduardo Camavinga against Saint Étienne.[4]

TSG Hoffenheim

On 1 February 2021, Rutter signed with Bundesliga side TSG Hoffenheim.[5] On 21 February 2021, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 4–0 win against Werder Bremen.[citation needed] On 14 August 2021, he scored in Hoffenheim's opening game of the Bundesliga season, in a 4–0 win against Augsburg at the WWK Arena.[citation needed]

On 27 November 2021, he scored twice in Hoffenheim's 6–3 win against Greuther Fürth at the Sportpark Ronhof.[citation needed]

Leeds United

On 14 January 2023, Rutter signed with Premier League side Leeds United on a five and a half year contract for a club record fee.[6] On 26 August 2023, Rutter scored his first Leeds United goal against Ipswich Town.[7]

On 17 September 2023, Rutter scored and assisted in Leeds United’s 3–0 away win at Millwall, in doing so this became the largest victory margin between the two sides.[8]

Personal life

Georginio is of Martiniquais descent through his father, and Réunionnais Malagasy descent through his mother.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 February 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rennes II 2018–19 National 3 10 0 – – – 10 0
2019–20 National 3 10 4 – – – 10 4
2020–21 National 3 2 1 – – – 2 1
Total 22 5 – – – 22 5
Rennes 2020–21 Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 — 1[c] 1 5 1
TSG Hoffenheim 2020–21 Bundesliga 9 1 0 0 — 2[d] 0 11 1
2021–22 Bundesliga 33 8 3 0 — — 36 8
2022–23 Bundesliga 15 2 2 0 — — 17 2
Total 57 11 5 0 — 2 0 64 11
TSG Hoffenheim II 2020–21 Regionalliga 6 2 — — — 6 2
Leeds United 2022–23 Premier League 11 0 2 0 — — 13 0
2023–24 Championship 29 5 2 1 1 0 — 32 6
Total 40 5 4 1 1 0 — 43 6
Career total 129 23 9 1 1 0 3 1 140 25
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ "Georginio Rutter". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Georginio Rutter". L'Équipe. Paris. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Résultat et résumé Saint-Étienne - Rennes". L'Équipe. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ Vice, Peter (1 February 2021). "Official: Hoffenheim purchase French striker Rutter from Rennes". Bulinews. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Georginio Rutter: Leeds United sign forward from Hoffenheim for club record fee". BBC Sport. 14 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Ipswich Town 3-4 Leeds United: Whites register first league win of season". BBC Sport. 26 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Millwall 0-3 Leeds United: Joel Piroe nets twice as Whites register second victory". BBC Sport. 17 September 2023.
  9. ^ "No comment: Georginio Rutter". tsg-hoffenheim.de. 29 June 2021.
  10. ^ Georginio Rutter at Soccerway

External links

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