Dennis Eckert
_-_55_(cropped).jpg) Eckert with Celta in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Bonn, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ingolstadt 04 | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2007 | SC Pulheim | ||
| 2007–2011 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 2011–2013 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| 2013–2016 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Celta B | 48 | (9) |
| 2018–2019 | Celta | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Excelsior (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2019– | Ingolstadt 04 | 30 | (14) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2020 | |||
Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa (born 9 January 1997) is a German footballer who plays for FC Ingolstadt 04 as a forward.
Club career
Early career
Born in Bonn to a Galician mother and a father who is German, Eckert joined Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth setup in 2013, after stints at Alemannia Aachen, 1. FC Köln and SC Pulheim.[1] He made his senior debut with the former's reserve team on 5 September 2015, playing the last five minutes in a 2–2 Regionalliga home draw against SSVG Velbert.
Celta Vigo
On 4 July 2017, Eckert joined Celta de Vigo and was initially assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B.[2] He made his first-team debut on 18 August of the following year, coming on as a late substitute for Maxi Gómez in a 1–1 home draw against RCD Espanyol.[3]
Excelsior
On 31 January 2019, Eckert joined Eredivisie side SBV Excelsior until June.[4] He scored the game-winning goal on 17 February in a 2–1 comeback win against FC Emmen for his first top-flight goal.[5]
Ingolstadt
On 2 September 2019, FC Ingolstadt announced the signing of Eckert.[6] He scored a goal and provided an assist in his debut for the club on 15 September 2019.[7] Eckert finished the season with 14 goals in 30 league matches, helping Ingolstadt reach the promotion playoffs.[8]
International career
Youth
Eckert has played for the Germany national under-19 football team.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 3 September 2019
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach II | Regionalliga West | 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| Celta B | Segunda División B | 2017–18 | 36 | 8 | — | 4 | 0 | 40 | 8 | |||
| 2018–19 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 9 | — | 4 | 0 | 52 | 9 | |||||
| Celta | La Liga | 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Excelsior (loan) | Eredivisie | 2018–19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| Ingolstadt 04 | 3. Liga | 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 73 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 11 | ||
References
- ^ "Dennis Eckert, el gol como tarjeta de presentación" [Dennis Eckert, the goal as a presentation card] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Víctor Pastrana y Dennis Eckert, nuevas incorporaciones del Celta B" [Víctor Pastrana and Dennis Eckert, new additions of Celta B] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Tablas para ir calentando" [Draw to start preparing] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Dennis Eckert, cedido al SBV Excelsior de la Eredivisie" [Dennis Eckert, loaned to Eredivisie's SBV Excelsior] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ https://eldesmarque.com/vigo/celta/noticias/123637-eckert-anota-el-gol-del-triunfo-del-excelsior
- ^ "Eckert Ayensa kommt, Kerschbaumer geht: FCI-Personalplanungen abgeschlossen" (in German). FC Ingolstadt 04. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ https://www.fcingolstadt.de/news/9578-niederlage-trotz-schlussoffensive-schanzer-muessen-sich-halle-geschlagen-geben/
- ^ https://www.ligainsider.de/mobile/dennis-eckert-ayensa_20668/arminia-bielefeld-haben-die-ostwestfalen-eckert-ayensa-im-visier-290850/
- ^ http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2018/08/31/dennis-eckert-future-team-melli-call-up/
External links
- Dennis Eckert at BDFutbol
- Dennis Eckert at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bonn
- German footballers
- Iranian footballers
- Spanish footballers
- German people of Spanish descent
- German people of Iranian descent
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
- Association football forwards
- Regionalliga players
- Segunda División B players
- La Liga players
- Eredivisie players
- 3. Liga players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II players
- Celta de Vigo B players
- RC Celta de Vigo players
- SBV Excelsior players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- Germany youth international footballers
- German expatriate footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands