Nico Schlotterbeck

Nico Schlotterbeck (born 1 December 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the German national team.[2][3]

Nico Schlotterbeck
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999
Place of birth Waiblingen, Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
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– SC Freiburg 24 (0)
2020–2021 → Union Berlin (loan) 16 (1)
National team‡
2017 Germany U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Germany U19 2 (0)
2018 Germany U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Germany U21 13 (3)
Honours
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2021
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:40, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:54, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

SC Freiburg

Schlotterbeck made his professional debut 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.[4]

Union Berlin (loan)

On 31 July 2020, Schlotterbeck joined Union Berlin on a one-year loan.[5]

International career

He got his first call up to the senior Germany squad for World Cup qualifiers in September 2021.[6]

Personal life

Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who also played for Freiburg.[7] His older brother, Keven, is also a professional footballer who played the 2019–20 season at 1. FC Union Berlin on loan from SC Freiburg, to which he returned for the 2020–21 season. [8]

References
  1. Nico Schlotterbeck at Soccerway
  2. "Nico Schlotterbeck". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ""Mein Bruder hat mir einiges berichtet": Union holt Nico Schlotterbeck". kicker (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "Herthas Unglücksrabe heißt Ibisevic" [Hertha's misfortune is called Ibišević]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. "Nico Schlotterbeck Joins 1.FC Union Berlin on Loan". Last Word On Football. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. "BUNDESTRAINER FLICK BERUFT DREI NEULINGE UND FÜNF RÜCKKEHRER". dfb.de. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  7. "Keven Schlotterbeck". scfreiburg.com (in German). SC Freiburg. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  8. 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.


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