Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keke Maximilian Topp [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Gnarrenburg, Germany [2] | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
Number | 42 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2013 | TSV Gnarrenburg | ||
2013–2021 | Werder Bremen | ||
2021–2023 | Schalke 04 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Schalke 04 | 23 | (3) |
2023– | Schalke 04 II | 5 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Germany U16 | 2 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Germany U19 | 11 | (7) |
2023– | Germany U20 | 3 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Keke Maximilian Topp (born 25 March 2004) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.
After playing youth football for hometown club TSV Gnarrenburg, he signed for Werder Bremen's academy in summer 2013. [4] In March 2021, it was announced that Topp would join Schalke 04's under-19 team from summer 2021. [5] After six goals in 13 games for the under-19s, he was called up to Schalke's first team for the fixture against FC St. Pauli on 4 December 2021 due to injuries to Simon Terodde and Marius Bülter. [6] [7] He made his debut as a late substitute as Schalke lost 2–1. [8] He made his Bundesliga debut for Schalke in a 2–0 defeat against 1899 Hoffenheim on 9 April 2023. [9]
Topp made two appearances for the Germany under-16 team in September 2019. [2] He scored four goals in his first two appearances for the Germany under-19 team in the European Championship qualification in September 2022. [10]
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Schalke 04 | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
Total | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | ||
Schalke 04 II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | |
Career total | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
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