Nico Schlotterbeck (born 1 December 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.[3][4]
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Date of birth | (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 22)[1] | |||||||||
Place of birth | Waiblingen, Germany | |||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2] | |||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | |||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
0000–2015 | VfR Aalen | |||||||||
2015–2017 | Karlsruher SC | |||||||||
2017–2018 | SC Freiburg | |||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
2018–2020 | SC Freiburg II | 25 | (2) | |||||||
2019–2022 | SC Freiburg | 49 | (4) | |||||||
2020–2021 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 16 | (1) | |||||||
2022– | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | (0) | |||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||
2017 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||
2017–2018 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) | |||||||
2018 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||
2019–2021 | Germany U21 | 13 | (3) | |||||||
2022– | Germany | 5 | (0) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:38, 1 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:42, 26 September 2022 (UTC) |
Schlotterbeck debuted for SC Freiburg on 9 March 2019, coming on as a half-time substitute for Philipp Lienhart in the 2–1 home win against Hertha BSC.[5] In his final match for Freiburg, the club lost the DFB-Pokal Final on penalties but Schlotterbeck was awarded the man of the match.[6]
On 31 July 2020, Schlotterbeck joined Union Berlin on a one-year loan.[7]
On 2 May 2022, Borussia Dortmund announced the signing of Schlotterbeck on a five-year deal, starting from the 2022–23 season.[8] He joined for a reported €25 million transfer fee.[9]
Schlotterbeck got his debut call-up to the Germany national team under coach Hansi Flick for FIFA World Cup qualification in September 2021.[10] He made his debut against Israel in a friendly on 27 March 2022.[11]
Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who played for Freiburg.[12] His older brother, Keven, is a professional footballer who played the 2019–20 season at Union Berlin on loan from SC Freiburg, to which he returned for the 2020–21 season. [13] Schlotterbeck's cousin, Sandrine, appeared on the seventh series of the German edition of Love Island in 2022.[14]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SC Freiburg II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||||
SC Freiburg | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 4 | ||||
Total | 49 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 56 | 4 | ||||
Union Berlin (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||
Borussia Dortmund | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
Career total | 98 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Germany | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 0 |
Individual
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