Noel Futkeu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 December 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Essen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
SV Elversberg (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | ||
| 2019–2020 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 6 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | 1. FC Köln II | 17 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 32 | (30) |
| 2023 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 27 | (16) |
| 2024–2026 | Greuther Fürth | 68 | (30) |
| 2026– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | → SV Elversberg (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2026 | |||
Noel Futkeu (born 6 December 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club SV Elversberg, on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Career
Futkeu started his career with Rot-Weiss Essen. He debuted for the club at the age of seventeen in January 2020.[1] In 2021, he signed for 1. FC Köln II. He suffered a muscle injury while playing for the club.[1] In 2022, he signed for Schwarz-Weiß Essen. He was regarded as one of the club's most important players.[2] In 2023, he signed for Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt, where he was initially earmarked for a place in the club's reserve team.[3][4][5]
On 17 May 2024, 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth confirmed that they had signed Futkeu ahead of the 2024–25 season. He signed a 'long-term contract'.[6] During the 2025–26 season, he scored 19 goals in the 2. Bundesliga, finishing as the division's top scorer.[7] Eintracht Frankfurt subsequently exercised their buy-back clause to re-sign Futkeu, before loaning him to newly promoted Bundesliga club SV Elversberg for the 2026–27 season.[8]
Personal life
Futkeu is of Cameroonian descent.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2019–20 | Regionalliga West | 4 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Regionalliga West | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 1. FC Köln II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga West | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga West | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 2022–23 | Oberliga Niederrhein | 32 | 30 | — | — | 2[a] | 2 | 34 | 32 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga Südwest | 27 | 16 | — | — | — | 27 | 16 | |||
| Greuther Fürth | 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 11 | ||
| 2025–26 | 2. Bundesliga | 34 | 19 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 37 | 20 | ||
| Total | 68 | 30 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 71 | 31 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 150 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 157 | 81 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Lower Rhine Cup
- ↑ Appearances in promotion play-offs
References
- 1 2 "Noel Futkeu bei Eintracht Frankfurt gefeiert". reviersport.de.
- ↑ "Futkeu: "Mein großes Ziel ist die Bundesliga"". waz.de.
- ↑ "Neuzugang Noel Futkeu". nachwuchs.eintracht.de (in German). 1 May 2023.
- ↑ "Wie Noel Futkeu bei Eintracht Frankfurt durchstartet". waz.de.
- ↑ "Futkeu trainieren bei Eintracht Frankfurt mit". fr.de.
- ↑ "FUTKEU FÜR FÜRTH". sgf1903.de (in German). 17 May 2024.
- ↑ "Greuther Fürth's Noel Futkeu wins Bundesliga 2 top scorer's prize". Bundesliga. 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Noel Futkeu leaves on loan". Eintracht Frankfurt. 15 August 2026.
- ↑ "Futkeu: Senkrechtstarter vor Sprung in den Bundesliga-Kader der Eintracht?". fr.de.
- 2004 births
- Footballers from Essen
- Living people
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- German people of Cameroonian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- German men's footballers
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen players
- Rot-Weiss Essen players
- 1. FC Köln II players
- Eintracht Frankfurt II players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- SV Elversberg players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Oberliga (football) players