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Chris Führich
Führich playing for VfB Stuttgart in 2022
Personal information
Full name Chris Jan Führich[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder, left winger
Team information
Current team
VfB Stuttgart
Number 27
Youth career
2005–2006 SG Suderwich[2]
2006–2013 Schalke 04
2013–2015 Borussia Dortmund
2015 VfL Bochum
2015–2017 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 1. FC Köln II 64 (7)
2017–2019 1. FC Köln 2 (0)
2019–2021 Borussia Dortmund II 24 (8)
2020–2021SC Paderborn (loan) 34 (13)
2021– VfB Stuttgart 106 (17)
International career
2023– Germany 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:43, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Chris Jan Führich (born 9 January 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left winger for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Germany national team.[3]

Club career

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Führich started his career at 1. FC Köln, before joining Borussia Dortmund II in 2019.[4] He signed a four-year contract with VfB Stuttgart on 19 July 2021.[5]

On 31 October 2021, he scored his first Bundesliga goal for Stuttgart in a 4–1 defeat against Augsburg.[6] On 3 September 2022, he scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season in a 1–1 draw against his former youth club Schalke 04,[7] followed by Stuttgart's first goal in a 2–2 draw with Bayern Munich on 10 September.[8]

On 1 February 2024, Führich extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2028.[9]

International career

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In October 2023, Führich received his first call-up to the German senior national team for two friendly matches against the United States and Mexico.[10] He made his national team debut against the United States in a friendly that ended 3–1.[11]

Führich was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 21 December 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1. FC Köln II 2017–18 Regionalliga West 31 2 31 2
2018–19 Regionalliga West 33 5 33 5
Total 64 7 64 7
1. FC Köln 2017–18 Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 3 0
Borussia Dortmund II 2019–20 Regionalliga West 24 8 24 8
Borussia Dortmund 2019–20 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC Paderborn (loan) 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 34 13 3 1 37 14
VfB Stuttgart 2021–22 Bundesliga 25 3 1 0 26 3
2022–23 Bundesliga 33 5 5 0 2[a] 0 40 5
2023–24 Bundesliga 34 8 4 1 38 9
2024–25 Bundesliga 14 1 3 1 5[b] 1 1[c] 0 23 3
Total 106 17 12 2 5 1 3 0 127 20
Career total 230 45 17 3 5 1 3 0 255 49
  1. ^ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

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As of match played 19 November 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany
2023 1 0
2024 7 0
Total 8 0

References

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  1. ^ "player profile". bundesliga.com.
  2. ^ Profile at FC Brett, fc-brett.de
  3. ^ "Chris Führich". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ "BVB II holt Leistungsträger der Kölner U21" (in German). RevierSport. 19 June 2019.
  5. ^ "VfB sign Chris Führich". VfB Stuttgart. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ^ "VfB Stuttgart verliert deutlich mit 1:4" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. 31 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Zerfahrenes 1:1 gegen Schalke: Der VfB Stuttgart wartet weiter auf den ersten Sieg" (in German). Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen. 4 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Bayern Munich 2-2 Stuttgart: Serhou Guirassy salvages late point". bbc.com/sport. bbc.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Chris Führich extends contract to 2028". VfB Stuttgart. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  10. ^ "USA-Reise: Nagelsmann beruft drei Neue und vier Rückkehrer" (in German). DFB. 6 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Germany beats US 3-1 in soccer exhibition as Reyna plays under Berhalter for first time since feud". USAToday. USAToday. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  12. ^ "UEFA Euro 2024: All squads and players full list". Olympics.com. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Chris Führich » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Chris Führich". dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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