Niklas Stark

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Niklas Stark
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Stark in 2019
Personal information
Birth name Niklas Stark[1]
Date of birth (1995-04-14) 14 April 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 5
Youth career
1998–2002 FSV Ipsheim
2002–2004 TSV Neustadt/Aisch
2004–2013 1. FC Nürnberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 1. FC Nürnberg 54 (3)
2014–2015 1. FC Nürnberg II 3 (0)
2015– Hertha BSC 147 (6)
National team‡
2011–2012 Germany U17 3 (0)
2012–2013 Germany U18 3 (0)
2013–2014 Germany U19 13 (3)
2015 Germany U20 7 (3)
2014–2017 Germany U21 18 (2)
2019– Germany 2 (0)
Honours
European U19 Championship
Winner 2014 Hungary
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2017
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:19, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:03, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Niklas Stark (born 14 April 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Germany national team.

Club career[]

Stark made his Bundesliga debut on 27 April 2013 in a 2–1 loss to 1899 Hoffenheim.[2] He made two more appearances for 1. FC Nürnberg in the 2012–13 season.[3] In the 2013–14 season, Stark made appearances for both the first team and second team.[4] He made 21 appearances for the first team and two appearances.[4] He didn't score for either team.[4] Again, during the 2014–15 season, Stark made appearances for both the first and second teams.[5] He scored two goals in 26 appearances for the first team.[5] He failed to score in one appearance for the second team.[5] His final match in a Nürnberg jersey proved to be a 2–1 loss to VfL Bochum on 23 August 2015[6] as he transferred to Hertha BSC the following day.[7] He had scored a goal in four league appearances for Nürnberg in the 2015–16 season.[4] He had also made a German Cup appearance prior to the transfer.[4]

Stark signed for Hertha BSC on 24 August 2015.[7] Niklas Stark is considered to be the best young centre back in the German Bundesliga by most pundits, which is high praise for the defender.[8] Stark's superb performances for Hertha Berlin, earned him serious interest from giant German club Bayern Munich.[8]

International career[]

On 15 March 2019, Stark was called up for the German national team for the first time in his career by national team coach Joachim Löw.[9] He made his debut on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Northern Ireland. He substituted Lukas Klostermann in the 65th minute.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of matches played on 4 October 2020.[4]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1. FC Nürnberg 2012–13 Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
2013–14 21 0 0 0 21 0
2014–15 2. Bundesliga 26 2 1 0 27 2
2015–16 4 1 1 0 5 1
Totals 54 3 2 0 — 56 3
1. FC Nürnberg II 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern 2 0 — 2 0
2014–15 1 0 1 0
Totals 3 0 — 3 0
Hertha BSC 2015–16 Bundesliga 21 2 2 0 — 23 2
2016–17 27 1 3 0 2 0 32 1
2017–18 26 1 1 1 4 0 31 2
2018–19 22 1 3 0 — 25 1
2019–20 21 1 3 0 24 1
2020–21 3 0 1 0 4 0
Totals 120 6 13 1 6 0 139 7
Career totals 176 9 15 1 6 0 197 10

International[]

As of 7 October 2020[11]
Germany
Year Apps Goals
2019 1 0
2020 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours[]

International[]

Germany

Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 19 June 2015. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Hoffenheim hält den Anschluss" (in German). kicker. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Niklas Stark". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Niklas Stark » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Niklas Stark". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Haberer nutzt Klasse-Kombination zum Sieg" (in German). kicker. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Dardai über Stark: "Er kann ein Führungsspieler werden"" (in German). kicker. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Hertha Berlin defender Niklas Stark is on Bayern Munich's radar". 26 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Maximilian Eggestein, Niklas Stark and Lukas Klostermann: who are the new faces in Joachim Löw's latest Germany squad?". bundesliga.com. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Germany v Northern Ireland game report". UEFA. 19 November 2019.
  11. ^ Niklas Stark at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  12. ^ "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  13. ^ "The UEFA Technical Team Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  14. ^ "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. July 2017.

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