Anton Stach

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Anton Stach
Personal information
Full name Anton Levi Stach[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
TSG Hoffenheim
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2011 Buchholzer FC
2011–2015 Werder Bremen
2015–2016 JFV Nordwest
2016–2017 VfL Osnabrück
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017
VfL Osnabrück II
1 (0)
2017–2018 SSV Jeddeloh 23 (4)
2018–2020 VfL Wolfsburg II 40 (6)
2020–2021 Greuther Fürth 30 (1)
2021–2023 Mainz 05 61 (2)
2023– TSG Hoffenheim 28 (1)
International career
2021 Germany U21 5 (0)
2021 Germany Olympic 3 (0)
2022– Germany 2 (0)
Medal record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:12, 14 June 2022

Anton Levi Stach (born 15 November 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Germany national team.[2][3]

Club career

Stach was born in the

Werder Bremen once a week,[4] before he joined one year later the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of Bremen-based. Stach has played for Werder Bremen until the B-youth and has played later at JFV Nordwest.[5] Afterwards, he joined the U19-team of VfL Osnabrück
.

For the 2017–18 season, the Buchholz-born Stach joined SSV Jeddeloh from Regionalliga Nord, the fourth-highest level in Germany.

FC Bayern München
.

In the 2020–21 season, Stach left Lower Saxony and joined Franconia-based Greuther Fürth from the second German division, where he signed a contract until summer 2023.[6] Stach helped the team achieve promotion to the Bundesliga. In 2021, he joined Mainz 05 on a deal until summer 2024.[7]

On 1 September 2023, Stach signed a four-year contract with TSG Hoffenheim.[8]

International career

In March 2021, Stach was called up for the

final, where they won 1–0 against Portugal
.

Stach was called up to the senior Germany squad for friendly matches against Israel and the Netherlands on 26 and 29 March 2022, respectively.[10] Stach was substituted in the 2–0 win against Israel in Sinsheim in the 64th minute for Julian Weigl.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfL Osnabrück II 2016–17 Oberliga Niedersachsen 1 0 1 0
SSV Jeddeloh 2017–18 Regionalliga Nord 23 4 4 0 27 4
VfL Wolfsburg II 2018–19 Regionalliga Nord 20 4 20 4
2019–20 Regionalliga Nord 20 2 20 2
Total 40 6 40 6
Greuther Fürth 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 30 1 3 0 33 1
Mainz 05 2021–22 Bundesliga 29 1 3 0 32 1
2022–23 Bundesliga 30 1 3 0 33 1
2023–24 Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 3 0
Total 61 2 7 0 68 2
1899 Hoffenheim 2023–24 Bundesliga 28 1 2 0 30 1
Career total 183 14 16 0 0 0 0 0 199 14

International

As of match played 14 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2022 2 0
Total 2 0

Personal life

Anton's father, Matthias Stach, is a sports commentator in Germany.[12] Anton’s sisters, Emma and Lotta, play basketball.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ Anton Stach at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Patten, Volkhard (4 May 2020). "Anton Stach macht den Schritt in den Profifußball" [Anton Stach takes the step into professional football]. Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). Fürth. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Anton Stach – erster Buchholzer Landesmeister im Tennis". Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide (in German). Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Anton Stach macht den Schritt in den Profifußbal" (in German). Retrieved 26 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Kleeblatt verpflichtet Stach". SpVgg Greuther Fürth (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth GmbH & Co. KGaA. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  7. ^ "FSV VERPFLICHTET U21-EUROPAMEISTER STACH". 1. FSV Mainz 05 (in German). 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Anton Stach wechselt zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 1 September 2023.
  9. ^ las (28 March 2021). "Matthias Stach kommentiert Einwechslung des eigenen Sohns". Kicker-Sportmagazin (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Flick nominiert Kader für zwei Länderspiele" [Flick names squad for two friendly matches] (in German). German Football Association. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Havertz und Werner treffen nach Standards: DFB-Elf gewinnt gegen Israel". Kicker-Sportmagazin (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  12. ^ "TV-Premiere bei der U21-EM: Vater Matthias Stach als Kommentator, Sohn Anton im DFB-Aufgebot" (in German). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  13. ^ Sander, Oliver (8 August 2017). "Sportliche Geschwister. Basketball und Fußball: Emma (20), Anton (18) und Lotta (15) Stach stehen national im Fokus" (in German). Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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