Daniel Didavi
 Didavi with VfB Stuttgart in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Didavi | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Nürtingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SPV 05 Nürtingen | |||
| 1997–2002 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| 2002–2003 | SPV 05 Nürtingen | ||
| 2003–2008 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2015 | VfB Stuttgart II | 65 | (10) |
| 2009–2016 | VfB Stuttgart | 60 | (18) |
| 2011–2012 | → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 23 | (9) |
| 2016–2018 | VfL Wolfsburg | 48 | (13) |
| 2018– | VfB Stuttgart | 39 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Germany U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Germany U21 | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:24, 14 June 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 April 2012 | |||
Daniel Didavi (born 21 February 1990) is a German footballer. He plays as an attacking midfielder for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.[1]
Career
Club career
Didavi, whose mother is German and whose father is from Benin started his career with SpV 05 Nürtingen and was scouted in summer 2003 from VfB Stuttgart, who was promoted to the first team in July 2009.
In July 2011, he was loaned out to 1. FC Nürnberg until the end of the season, where he became known as a midfielder with an eye for the goal, scoring 8 goals in the second half of the season.
On 2 July 2012, Didavi extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2016.[2] In the years 2012 to 2015 Didavi was repeatedly thrown back by injuries. However, he could support his team crucially in the relegation battles of the closing stages of the Bundesliga seasons 2013–14 and 2014–15.
On 5 April 2016, Wolfsburg announced the signing of Didavi on a contract until 2021, at the end of the 2015/16 Bundesliga campaign.
On 29 June 2018, Didavi signed a three-year-contract with VfB Stuttgart, enabling him to return to his former club on 1 July 2018.[3]
International
He was also a member of the Germany U-18, Germany U-19, Germany U-22 and Germany U-21 teams.
Club statistics
- As of matches played on 24 May 2020.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stuttgart II | 2008–09 | 3. Liga | 30 | 5 | — | 30 | 5 | [4] | |||||
| 2009–10 | 28 | 5 | 28 | 5 | [4] | ||||||||
| 2010–11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [4] | ||||||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [4] | ||||||||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [4] | ||||||||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | [4] | ||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 6 | — | 65 | 6 | — | |||||||
| Stuttgart | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | [4] | |
| 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | [4] | |||||
| 2013–14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | [4] | ||||||
| 2014–15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | [4] | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 14 | [5] | ||||||
| Totals | 60 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 70 | 19 | — | |||
| Nürnberg (loan) | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 9 | [4] | ||
| Nürnberg II (loan) | 2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | [4] | |||||
| Wolfsburg | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | [6] | ||
| 2017–18 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | [7] | ||||
| Totals | 48 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 13 | — | ||
| Stuttgart | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | [8] | |
| 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 6 | [9] | |||
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 8 | — | ||
| Career totals | 237 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 55 | — | ||
- 1.^ Includes Relegation Playoff.
Honours
VfB Stuttgart
References
- ^ "Didavi, Daniel" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Long term deal for Daniel Didavi". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ "Daniel Didavi returns to VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Daniel Didavi » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Didavi". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Didavi". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Didavi". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Daniel Didavi". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Daniel Didavi". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
External links
- Daniel Didavi at WorldFootball.net
- Daniel Didavi at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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