Melkamu Frauendorf

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Melkamu Frauendorf
Personal information
Full name Melkamu Benjamin Daniel Frauendorf [1]
Date of birth (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 20) [2]
Place of birth Kembata, Ethiopia [2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 94
Youth career
0000–2020 1899 Hoffenheim
2020–2022 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Liverpool 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Germany U15 2 (0)
2019 Germany U16 4 (0)
2021 Germany U18 3 (1)
2022– Germany U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:07 December 30th 2022.
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:07 December 30th 2022.

Melkamu Benjamin Daniel Frauendorf (born 12 January 2004) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool. Born in Ethiopia, he is a youth international for Germany.

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Club career

Frauendorf joined Liverpool in 2020, after previously playing for 1899 Hoffenheim, where he scored 7 goals in 40 games for the U17 team. [4]

He made his competitive first-team debut in an FA Cup third round match against Shrewsbury Town on 9 January 2022. [5]

On 9 November 2022, he started his first game for Liverpool in the win against Derby County in the third round of the EFL Cup at Anfield. [6]

International career

Frauendorf is eligible to play for Ethiopia and Germany, and has been capped at various youth international levels for the latter. [4]

Personal life

Frauendorf's brother, Melesse, is also a footballer, who came through the academy at Hoffenheim with Melkamu and who now plays for TuS Mechtersheim. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
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    References

    1. ↑ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
    2. 1 2 "Melkamu Frauendorf". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
    3. ↑ "Melkamu Frauendorf: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
    4. 1 2 "Melkamu Frauendorf - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German).
    5. ↑ "Liverpool 4-1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
    6. ↑ "Kelleher's shootout saves see Liverpool scrape past Derby in Carabao Cup". Guardian. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
    7. ↑ "12 Liverpool players whose brothers are also footballers – including 2 at the club!". This is Anfield. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.


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