Nico Schlotterbeck
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*
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 54 (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  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2021 Hungary–Slovenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 30 March 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]

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]

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.[11] He made his debut against Israel in a friendly on 27 March 2022.[12]

Personal life

Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who played for Freiburg.[13] 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. [14] Schlotterbeck's cousin, Sandrine, appeared on the seventh series of the German edition of Love Island in 2022.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 March 2024[3][4]
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 26 2 3 0 7[a] 0 36 2
Total 54 6 6 0 15 0 75 6
Career total 144 13 14 1 15 0 173 14
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 9 September 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2022 8 0
2023 3 0
Total 11 0

Honours

SC Freiburg

Germany U21

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 13. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Nico Schlotterbeck | Player profile". Bundesliga. DFL. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Nico Schlotterbeck at Soccerway
  4. ^ a b "Nico Schlotterbeck". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ ""Mein Bruder hat mir einiges berichtet": Union holt Nico Schlotterbeck". kicker (in German). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Herthas Unglücksrabe heißt Ibisevic" [Hertha's misfortune is called Ibišević]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "N ico Schlotterbeck Joins 1.FC Union Berlin on Loan". Last Word On Football. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. ^ "BVB signs Nico Schlottbeck". Borussia Dortmund. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  10. ^ Johnson, Paul (3 May 2022). "Borussia Dortmund Sign Nico Schlotterbeck from Freiburg for €25m". SB Nation. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Bundestrainer Flick beruft drei Neulinge und fünf Rückkehrer". dfb.de. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Flick on Schlotterbeck's Germany debut: "Hopefully, it will be a good lesson for him"". Bulinews. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Keven Schlotterbeck". scfreiburg.com (in German). SC Freiburg. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Möller, Domescu. ""Love Island"-Kandidatin Sandrine ist gleich mit zwei Ex-Unionern verwandt – raten Sie mal mit wem!". Berliner Kurier (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament". UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  19. ^ "The EA Sports Bundesliga Team of the Season 2021/22 is here!". Bundesliga. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  20. ^ "The official Bundesliga Team of the Season 2022/23". Bundesliga. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Sechs Klubs vertreten: Die kicker-Elf der Saison 2021/22". kicker.de (in German). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

External links

Borussia Dortmund โ€“ current squad
Germany squad โ€“ 2022 FIFA World Cup
2021โ€“22 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season
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