Otto Stange
 Stange in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Otto Emerson Stange | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hoffenheim | ||
| Number | 49 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2017 | SC Victoria Hamburg | ||
| 2017–2022 | Eimsbütteler TV | ||
| 2022–2024 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Hamburger SV II | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Hamburger SV | 10 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Germany U16 | 11 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Germany U17 | 12 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:13, 9 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:13, 9 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Otto Emerson Stange (born 9 February 2007) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hamburger SV.
Early life
Stange is of Brazilian descent through his maternal grandmother. His middle name, Emerson, comes from the Brazilian Formula One racer Emerson Fittipaldi, who his grandmother had a crush on and gave the middle name to her son, Otto's uncle; the middle name was then inherited by Stange.[2] Before playing football at the age of 5 he was a skateboarder and participated in the Mystic Sk8 Cup, before deciding to pursue football due to a lack of peers in skateboarding locally.[3] His father was a fan of Hamburger SV and took Stange to games since he was an infant.[4] He was a ballboy for Hamburger SV, and in April 2023 in a match against FC St. Pauli delayed handing over the ball to St. Pauli before a throw-in causing an altercation with their players Jakov Medić and Manolis Saliakas.[5]
Career
Stange began playing youth football with SC Victoria Hamburg at the age of 6, before moving to Eimsbütteler TV in 2017. In the summer of 2022, he moved to the academy of Hamburger SV where he finished his development.[6] In the 2023–24 season he was promoted to Hamburg's U17s, and after scoring 7 goals in his first 7 games started training with their senior team on 23 October 2023.[7] On 3 November 2023, he made the bench for a DFB Pokal match against Arminia Bielefeld.[8] On 3 January 2024, he was training with the senior team for winter preparations.[9] On 23 January 2024, he signed a long-term contract with Hamburg.[10] He was promoted to Hamburg's U19 for the remainder of the season where he won the Hamburger Landespokal.[11]
In the summer of 2024, he joined the senior team for the preseason training camp.[12] He was promoted to Hamburger SV II in the Regionalliga. On 8 November 2024, he debuted with the senior Hamburger SV team as a substitute in a 3–1 loss in the 2. Bundesliga to Eintracht Braunschweig.[13] He scored his first senior goal in a 5–0 league win over SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 21 December 2024.[14]
International career
Stange is a youth international for Germany, having played for the Germany U16s and Germany U17s.[15]
References
- ^ "Otto Emerson Stange | Hamburger SV | Player Profile | Bundesliga 2". www.bundesliga.com.
- ^ "Warum heißt er Emerson? Süßes Geheimnis hinter zweitem Vornamen von HSV-Juwel Stange". 5 January 2025.
- ^ "HSV-Talent auf dem Sprung! Skateboard-Ass Otto Stange vor Beförderung". bild.de. 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Spannende Zeiten für stürmischen Stange". HSV.de.
- ^ "Stange: Das Hamburger Weihnachtsmärchen". kicker.
- ^ "SC Victoria und der ETV freuen sich für HSV-Debütant Otto Stange". FuPa.
- ^ "16-Jähriger mischt HSV-Training auf: Wer ist Mega-Talent Otto Stange?". TAG24. 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Er ist erst 16: HSV-Teenie steht vor Profi-Debüt und einem Rekord". 3 November 2023.
- ^ "HSV reist gen Sotogrande". HSV.de.
- ^ ""Dribbelstarker Mittelstürmer": Stange bleibt dem HSV treu". kicker.
- ^ "HSV A-Junioren gewinnen LOTTO-Pokal - Hamburg Fußball-Verband e.V." 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Startschuss in Schneverdingen". HSV.de.
- ^ "Braunschweiger Befreiungsschlag: Eintracht düpiert desolaten HSV". kicker.
- ^ "17-jähriger Stange trifft: HSV schockt Fürth schon früh". sportschau.de.
- ^ Kosian, Markus (27 December 2024). "U17-Nationalspieler Otto Stange postet nach erstem Profi-Tor: "Danke JESUS"".
External links
- Otto Stange at Soccerway
- Otto Stange at DFB (also available in German)