Alexander Schwolow

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Alexander Schwolow
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Alexander Schwolow with SC Freiburg in January 2019
Personal information
Full name Alexander Schwolow
Date of birth (1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth Wiesbaden, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2008 Wehen Wiesbaden
2008–2010 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 SC Freiburg II 51 (0)
2012–2020 SC Freiburg 158 (0)
2014–2015 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 37 (0)
2020- Hertha BSC 19 (0)
National team‡
2010 Germany U-18 3 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U-19 2 (0)
2011 Germany U-20 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:35, 06 March 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 August 2014

Alexander Schwolow (born 2 June 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.

Club career[]

Youth years[]

Schwolow began his youth career at 3. Liga side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. He left in 2008 for SC Freiburg's U17 team from where he later progressed to the U19 team.

SC Freiburg[]

In 2010, Schwolow was promoted to SC Freiburg's reserve team. He managed to start 51 games in the Regionalliga Südwest, conceding 77 goals while keeping 12 clean sheets.

On 1 January 2012, Schwolow was called up to SC Freiburg's first team. He made his first appearance on 10 May 2014 in a 3–2 loss to Hannover 96.[1]

On 1 July 2015, SC Freiburg recalled Schwolow after one season on loan at Arminia Bielefeld,[2] after selling Roman Bürki to Borussia Dortmund.

Arminia Bielefeld (loan)[]

On 1 July 2014, Schwolow agreed to a two-year loan to Arminia Bielefeld who aimed at gaining promotion following their relegation from the 2. Bundesliga. He made his debut on 26 July 2014 in 1–2 win over Mainz 05 II. Schwolow made his first appearance in a non-league game in a 4–1 win over SV Sandhausen in a DFB-Pokal match on 17 August 2014.

Hertha BSC[]

On 4 August 2020, Hertha BSC agreed on a deal with SC Freiburg to sign Schwolow.[3] The fee was around €8 million.

International career[]

Schwolow has represented his country in youth levels but has not yet represented them at a senior level.

Career statistics[]

As of 7 July 2020[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Freiburg II 2010–11 Regionalliga Südwest 9 0 — — 9 0
2011–12 18 0 — — 18 0
2012–13 14 0 — — 14 0
2013–14 10 0 — — 10 0
Total 51 0 — 0 0 51 0
Freiburg 2013–14 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 33 0 0 0 — 33 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 34 0 1 0 — 35 0
2017–18 33 0 2 0 2[a] 0 37 0
2018–19 33 0 2 0 – 35 0
2019–20 24 0 1 0 – 25 0
Total 158 0 6 0 2 0 166 0
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 2014–15 3. Liga 37 0 5 0 — 42 0
Career total 246 0 11 0 2 0 259 0
  1. ^ Appearances in the Europa League

References[]

  1. ^ "Alexander Schwolow" (in German). kicker Online. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Schwolow returns to Freiburg". Vavel.com. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Hertha BSC verpflichtet Alexander Schwolow" [Hertha BSC sign Alexander Schwolow]. Hertha BSC. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "A. Schwolow". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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