Florian Grillitsch
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 7 August 1995||
Place of birth | Neunkirchen, Austria[1] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder,[1] centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2008 | SVSF Pottschach[2] | ||
2008–2013 | St. Pölten[2] | ||
2013–2014 | Werder Bremen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Werder Bremen II | 36 | (10) |
2015–2017 | Werder Bremen | 48 | (3) |
2017–2022 | TSG Hoffenheim | 130 | (3) |
2022–2023 | Ajax | 10 | (0) |
2023– | TSG Hoffenheim | 25 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Austria U19 | 8 | (7) |
2015 | Austria U20 | 5 | (2) |
2014–2017 | Austria U21 | 6 | (3) |
2017– | Austria | 41 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC) |
Florian Grillitsch (born 7 August 1995) is an Austrian professional
Career
Early career
Born in Neunkirchen, Austria on 7 August 1995,[1] Grillitsch played for SVSF Pottschach and St. Pölten in his youth football career.[2]
Werder Bremen
2013–15
Grillitsch joined Werder Bremen on 1 July 2013. He split the 2013–14 season between the Werder Bremen U19's youth team and Werder Bremen II.[1] He made 15 appearances in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga Nord/Nordost scoring 11 goals[2] and made five appearances in the Regionalliga Nord for Werder Bremen II.[2] In the 2014–15 season, Grillitsch made 26 appearances scoring nine goals for Werder's reserve team.[3]
2015–16 season
Grillitsch made his first team debut during the
2016–17 season
On 18 March 2017, Grillitsch scored his second goal of the 2016–17 season in a 3–0 win against Leipzig, a match that saw all three of Werder Bremen's Austrian players score in the club's highest win of the season.[12][13]
1899 Hoffenheim
On 16 January 2017, Grillitsch signed a contract with 1899 Hoffenheim until 2021, starting from the 2017–18 season.[14]
He made his debut for the club in the league match against
Things went better in the Bundesliga, with a fourth-place finish in 2017-18, and a group stage spot in the UEFA Champions League. The following seasons, Grillitsch finished eighth, seventh, eleventh and eighth again with Hoffenheim, in his five seaosns at the club, where he clocked up 151 appearances with eight goals and eleven assists.
Grillitsch was a starter in the vast majority of those matches. But in the summer of 2022, Grillitsch let his contract expire with the club.
Ajax and Hoffenheim again
After moving to then Dutch champions AFC Ajax in the summer of 2022, returned to Hoffenheim after a year when the Amsterdam giants suffered a poor season with a third-place finish.
Career statistics
Club
Club[4] | Season[4] | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Werder Bremen II | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nord | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | Regionalliga Nord | 26 | 9 | — | — | — | 26 | 9 | ||||
2015–16 | 3. Liga | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
Total | 36 | 10 | — | — | — | 36 | 10 | |||||
Werder Bremen | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
2016–17 | Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Total | 48 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 54 | 4 | ||||
TSG Hoffenheim | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | — | 29 | 2 | |
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7[a] | 2 | — | 34 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 130 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 8 | ||
Ajax | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||
Career total | 249 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 23 |
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 23 March 2024[15]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
2018 | 7 | 1 | |
2019 | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 14 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
2023 | 5 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 1 |
- As of match played 27 March 2018
- Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Grillitsch goal.[15]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 27 March 2018 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Florian Grillitsch". World Football. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Florian Grillitsch". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Florian Grillitsch". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Florian Grillitsch » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Werder zieht den Kopf aus der Schlinge - dank Ujah und Bartels". kicker (in German). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Choupo-Moting und Huntelaar eiskalt - Schalke siegt". kicker (in German). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Bremen end losing streak with stunning six-minute spell". Bundesliga. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Dorow, Olaf; Waterkamp, Thorsten (28 October 2015). "Werder feiert Ujah" [Werder celebrates Ujah] (in German). Weser Kurier. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Die Noten: Starker Wiedwald, mutiger Grillitsch" [Grades: strong Wiedwald, courageous Grilltisch] (in German). Kreiszeitung Syke. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Werder in Noten" [Werder grades] (in German). Weser Kurier. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Grillitsch spielt sich in den Vordergrund" (in German). Radio Bremen. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Knips, Björn (18 March 2017). "Der Ösi-Tag: Werder feiert Kaiserschmarrn-Sieg". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Werder Bremen - RB Leipzig 3:0, 1. Bundesliga, Saison 2016/17, 25.Spieltag - Spielbericht". kicker Online (in German). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Wechsel im Sommer: Grillitsch wird Hoffenheimer" (in German). kicker. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Grillitsch, Florian". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
External links
- Profile at the AFC Ajax website