Yannik Keitel

Yannik Keitel
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000[1]
Place of birth Breisach, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
(on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
Number 14
Youth career
–2011 SV Breisach[2]
2011–2019 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 SC Freiburg II 23 (3)
2020–2024 SC Freiburg 64 (1)
2024– VfB Stuttgart 11 (0)
2025– VfB Stuttgart II 2 (0)
2026– → FC Augsburg (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2015 Germany U15[3] 1 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U16[3] 16 (3)
2020–2023 Germany U21[3] 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:14, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Yannik Keitel (born 15 February 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg, on loan from VfB Stuttgart. He has represented Germany internationally at several youth levels.

Club career

Keitel joined SC Freiburg in 2010 from SV Breisach. On 29 February 2020, he made his professional debut in the Bundesliga in a 1–0 league defeat away to Borussia Dortmund. He came on as a substitute at halftime for the injured Janik Haberer.[4] In April 2020, he signed his first professional contract.[5]

VfB Stuttgart

On 21 May 2024, VfB Stuttgart announced the signing of Keitel on a free transfer for the 2024–25 season.[6] Keitel signed a contract until 2028.[6]

On 3 January 2026, Keitel was loaned by FC Augsburg, with an option to buy.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 10———10
2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest 172———172
2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 51———51
Total 233———233
SC Freiburg 2019–20 Bundesliga 3000——30
2020–21 Bundesliga 12010——130
2021–22 Bundesliga 12020——140
2022–23 Bundesliga 220207[a]0—310
2023–24 Bundesliga 140102[a]0—170
Total 630609000780
VfB Stuttgart 2024–25 Bundesliga 110204[b]11[c]0181
Augsburg (loan) 2025–26 Bundesliga 60———60
2026–27 Bundesliga 0010——10
Total 6010——70
Career total 103390131101264
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance in DFL Supercup

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

References

  1. 1 2 "Yannik Keitel | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Yannik Keitel". kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Yannik Keitel - Spielerprofil - DFB Datencenter". DFB (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Kleinmann, Patrick (2 March 2020). "SC Freiburg: Yannik Keitel verblüfft nicht". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Weigend, David (16 April 2020). "Yannik Keitel erhält Profivertrag beim SC Freiburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Yannik Keitel wechselt zum VfB". VfB Stuttgart (in German).
  7. ↑ "FCA sign Yannik Keitel on loan from VfB Stuttgart". FC Augsburg. 3 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld 2–4 Stuttgart: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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