Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 January 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Nuremberg, Germany | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
VfB Stuttgart (on loan from Bayern Munich) | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Post SV Nürnberg | ||
2012–2017 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
2017–2022 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022– | Bayern Munich II | 35 | (3) |
2023– | Bayern Munich | 4 | (0) |
2024 | → Austria Wien (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2024– | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Germany U20 | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC) |
Frans Krätzig (born 14 January 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left back and midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, on loan from Bayern Munich. [2]
Krätzig was born in Nuremberg, [3] in the Franconia region of Germany. [4] He started playing at Post SV Nürnberg before joining 1. FC Nürnberg in 2012, [3] followed by the youth set-up of Bayern Munich in 2017. [5] Due to the distance from his home, he attended boarding school and was one of the first talents on the FC Bayern Campus that opened in summer of 2017. [6]
Whilst playing for the under-19 team, Krätzig signed a professional contract with Bayern Munich in February 2021. [7] In September 2021, he sustained a persistent pubic bone injury which sidelined him until April 2022. [8] Formerly an attacking midfielder, Krätzig was converted to a left-sided full-back at Bayern Munich II, under Holger Seitz. [9]
In March 2023, Krätzig signed a two-year contract extension with Bayern Munich. [10] He was selected to join with the first-team squad on a pre-season tour of Singapore in the summer of 2023, and played against Manchester City in July 2023. [11] Krätzig scored a spectacular long range goal in the last minute to allow Bayern Munich to earn a 4–3 win over Liverpool on 2 August 2023 in the Audi Football Summit and win the Singapore Trophy. [12] [13] He was then called up on the bench for the 2023 DFL-Supercup match against RB Leipzig that ended 3–0 as a defeat, on 12 August 2023. [14]
On 23 September 2023, Krätzig made his Bundesliga debut, coming off the bench in the 65th minute replacing Alphonso Davies, in a 7–0 home victory against VfL Bochum. [15] Three days later, he made his second official appearance for Bayern Munich, coming off the bench at the 11th minute and contributed to a 4–0 away victory, scoring the second goal and his first professional official goal for the senior team at a match in the first round of the DFB Pokal against 3. Liga club SC Preußen Münster. [16] On 6 October 2023, he extended his professional contract with the club until 2027. [17] On 29 November, he made his Champions League debut, coming off the bench in the 86th minute, in a goalless draw against Copenhagen. [18]
On 6 February 2024, Krätzig joined Austrian Bundesliga side Austria Wien on a six-month loan, until the end of the season. [19] Later that month, on 17 February, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 victory over Rheindorf Altach. [20]
On 28 June 2024, Krätzig signed a one-year loan contract with fellow Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season. [21]
In September 2023, Krätzig played his first international matches for Germany U20 during the 2023–24 Under 20 Elite League against Italy and Poland, in which both matches ended in a 1–1 draw. [22]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bayern Munich II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga Bayern | 32 | 2 | — | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
2023–24 | Regionalliga Bayern | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
Total | 35 | 3 | — | — | — | 35 | 3 | |||||
Bayern Munich | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Austria Wien (loan) | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
Career total | 53 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5 |