Leon Klassen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Bad Bodendorf[1] | |||
| –2017 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 2017–2018 | 1860 Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | 1860 Munich II | 35 | (2) |
| 2018–2021 | 1860 Munich | 26 | (2) |
| 2021 | Tirol | 17 | (0) |
| 2022– | Spartak Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Russia U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Russia U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Russia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Russia U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2021 | |||
Leon Klassen (Russian: Леон Классен; born 29 May 2000) is a Russia German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Russian club Spartak Moscow.[2] He has represented Russia internationally at various youth levels.
Career[]
Klassen made his professional debut in the 3. Liga for 1860 Munich on 31 July 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute for Benjamin Kindsvater against FSV Zwickau. He assisted Herbert Paul for Munich's third goal, with the match finishing as a 3–0 home win.[3]
On 27 May 2021, he signed with WSG Tirol in Austria.[4]
On 30 December 2021, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow.[5]
Personal life[]
Klassen was born in Germany to a Russian father and a German mother. Now living in Russia, he can be described as an ethnic Russia German.
References[]
- ^ Müller, Silke (27 October 2018). "Vom FC Freiheit zur großen SCB-Familie" [From FC freedom to a large SCB family]. SC Bad Bodendorf (in German). Bad Bodendorf. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Leon Klassen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "TSV 1860 München – FSV Zwickau 3:0 (3. Liga 2019/2020, 3. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "WSG holt Linksverteidiger von 1860" (in German). WSG Tirol. 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Добро пожаловать, Леон Классен!" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 30 December 2021.
External links[]
- Leon Klassen – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Leon Klassen at DFB (also available in German)
- Leon Klassen at kicker (in German)
- Profile at RFS.ru
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Sinzig
- Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate
- Russian footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Russia youth international footballers
- Russia under-21 international footballers
- German footballers
- German people of Dutch descent
- German people of Russian descent
- Russian people of Dutch descent
- TSV 1860 Munich II players
- TSV 1860 Munich players
- WSG Tirol players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Russian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- German football defender, 1990s birth stubs