Marc-Oliver Kempf

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Marc-Oliver Kempf
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Kempf with VfB Stuttgart in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 30)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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
Winner European U19 Championship 2014
Winner European U21 Championship 2017
* 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]

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Club career

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]

International career

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.

Career statistics

As of match played on 30 August 2025 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eintracht Frankfurt 2012–13 Bundesliga 200020
2013–14 Bundesliga30001 [a] 040
Total50001060
Eintracht Frankfurt II 2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest 183183
SC Freiburg 2014–15 Bundesliga13220152
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 30510315
2016–17 Bundesliga13000130
2017–18 Bundesliga120101 [a] 0140
Total6874010737
SC Freiburg II 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest9090
2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 1010
Total100100
VfB Stuttgart 2018–19 Bundesliga232001 [b] 0242
2019–202. Bundesliga212201 [b] 0242
2020–21 Bundesliga32220342
2021–22 Bundesliga12320143
Total8896020966
Hertha BSC 2021–22 Bundesliga120002 [b] 0140
2022–23 Bundesliga31110321
2023–24 2. Bundesliga23420254
2024–25 2. Bundesliga301040
Total6954020755
Como 2024–25 Serie A 31000310
2025–26 Serie A201030
Total3301000340
Career total281241506030224
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance in the Relegation Playoff.

Honours

Germany U19

Germany U21

References

  1. "Marc-Oliver Kempf". Bundesliga.
  2. Marc-Oliver Kempf at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Lungenentzündung! Zambrano in Klinik" (in German). bild.de. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. "New signings for the coming season". VfB Stuttgart. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. "HERTHA BSC SIGN MARC OLIVER KEMPF" (Press release). Hertha BSC. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. "Como 1907 ingaggia il difensore tedesco Marc Oliver Kempf" [Como 1907 signs German defender Marc Oliver Kempf] (in Italian). Como. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  7. Nationalspieler Marc Oliver Kempf. In: dfb.de. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  8. "Marc Oliver Kempf » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". Kicker (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.