Sonny Kittel
![]() Kittel with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sonny Kittel | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Gießen, Germany | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hamburger SV | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
VfB Gießen | |||
1999–2012 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2016 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 51 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 8 | (1) |
2016–2019 | FC Ingolstadt | 84 | (22) |
2019– | Hamburger SV | 21 | (11) |
International career | |||
2009 | Germany U16 | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Germany U17 | 12 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:13, 8 February 2020 (UTC) |
Sonny Kittel (born 6 January 1993) is a German/Polish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hamburger SV.[1]
Career
After winning the German U17 championship with Eintracht Frankfurt in June 2010, Kittel was capped in the professional squad for the 2010–11 season. In Eintracht's first competitive match at SV Wilhelmshaven he was substituted. In the first 2010–11 home match he was also given some game time when he was substituted on for Caio in the 84th minute.
After playing for 2. Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt for three seasons, Kittel transferred to Hamburger SV on 18 June 2019, signing a four year-contract.[2]
International career
Kittel presented the Germany national youth football team on U16, U17, U18 and U20 level. In December 2017 he expressed his desire to play for the Poland national football team as his parents come from Poland.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Sonny Kittel" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "HSV SIGN SONNY KITTEL". hsv.de. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
External links
- Sonny Kittel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Sonny Kittel at Soccerway
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1993 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- Germany youth international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- VfB Marburg players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Eintracht Frankfurt II players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- Hamburger SV players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- German people of Polish descent
- German football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs