Yannik Keitel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 February 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Breisach, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | SV Breisach[2] | ||
| 2011–2019 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | SC Freiburg II | 23 | (3) |
| 2020–2024 | SC Freiburg | 64 | (1) |
| 2024– | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Germany U15[3] | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Germany U16[3] | 16 | (3) |
| 2020–2023 | Germany U21[3] | 15 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:14, 28 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Yannik Keitel (born 15 February 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. He has represented Germany internationally at several youth levels.
Club career
Keitel joined SC Freiburg in 2010 from SV Breisach. On 29 February 2020, he made his professional debut in the Bundesliga in a 1–0 league defeat away to Borussia Dortmund. He came on as a substitute at halftime for the injured Janik Haberer.[4] In April 2020, he signed his first professional contract.[5]
VfB Stuttgart
On 21 May 2024, VfB Stuttgart announced the signing of Keitel on a free transfer for the 2024–25 season.[6] Keitel signed a contract until 2028.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 29 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga Südwest | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||||
| SC Freiburg | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 63 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Career total | 92 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 4 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in DFL Supercup
References
- ^ a b "Yannik Keitel | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Yannik Keitel". kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Yannik Keitel - Spielerprofil - DFB Datencenter". DFB (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Kleinmann, Patrick (2 March 2020). "SC Freiburg: Yannik Keitel verblüfft nicht". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Weigend, David (16 April 2020). "Yannik Keitel erhält Profivertrag beim SC Freiburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Yannik Keitel wechselt zum VfB". VfB Stuttgart (in German).
External links
- Yannik Keitel at Soccerway
