![]() Kempf with VfB Stuttgart in 2018 | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 January 1995 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Lich, Hesse, Germany | ||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Como | ||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
1998–2005 | TSV Dorn-Assenheim | ||||||||||
2005–2006 | SV Bruchenbrücken | ||||||||||
2006–2007 | JSG Bad Nauheim | ||||||||||
2007–2014 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2012–2014 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
2013–2014 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 18 | (3) | ||||||||
2014–2017 | SC Freiburg II | 10 | (0) | ||||||||
2014–2018 | SC Freiburg | 68 | (7) | ||||||||
2018–2022 | VfB Stuttgart | 78 | (8) | ||||||||
2022–2024 | Hertha BSC | 69 | (5) | ||||||||
2024– | Como | 33 | (0) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2010–2011 | Germany U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
2011–2012 | Germany U17 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||
2012 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
2013–2014 | Germany U19 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||
2015–2016 | Germany U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
2017 | Germany U21 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:10, 31 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:26, 30 June 2017 (UTC) |
Marc-Oliver Kempf (born 28 January 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Como. [2]
Kempf started his career at Eintracht Frankfurt, appearing for both the reserves and the senior team. On 15 July 2014, Kempf joined SC Freiburg on an immediate transfer from Frankfurt. The transfer fee reportedly amounted to €800,000. [3]
On 14 May 2018, Kempf signed a four-year-contract with VfB Stuttgart, enabling him to join the team on a free transfer on 1 July 2018. [4]
On 25 January 2022, Kempf signed a contract with Hertha BSC until 2026. [5]
On 28 August 2024, Kempf moved to Como in Italy on a three-season contract. [6]
Kempf made five appearances for the U16 national team. He also played for the U17 national team, with which he participated in the U17 European Championship in Slovenia in the summer of 2012, and for the U18 national team. Since 2013, he has been playing for the U19 national team and won the U19 European Championship in Hungary with them. He made his debut for the U20 national team on 3 September 2014 in a 0–1 defeat against the Italy U20. [7] Kempf played every minute of every game during the 2017 U21 European Championship in Poland, where he won the title with the Germany U21 team. He scored his first goal for the U21s on 21 June 2017 in a 3–0 group stage victory against the Denmark U21.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Eintracht Frankfurt | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Eintracht Frankfurt II | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 18 | 3 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||
SC Freiburg | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |
2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 5 | ||
2016–17 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 68 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 7 | ||
SC Freiburg II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Südwest | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
VfB Stuttgart | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 24 | 2 |
2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | ||
Total | 88 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 6 | ||
Hertha BSC | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 14 | 0 |
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | ||
2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 69 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 5 | ||
Como | 2024–25 | Serie A | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
2025–26 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
Career total | 281 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 302 | 24 |
Germany U19
Germany U21