![]() Strompf in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Mosbach, Germany | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Bochum | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
VfB Heidersbach | |||
SV Obrigheim | |||
SpVgg Neckarelz | |||
SV Sandhausen | |||
–2017 | Karlsruher SC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | FC Astoria Walldorf | 30 | (1) |
2018–2021 | Hoffenheim II | 59 | (2) |
2021–2023 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 24 | (2) |
2023 | Västerås SK | 6 | (0) |
2024–2025 | SSV Ulm | 45 | (2) |
2025– | VfL Bochum | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2025 |
Philipp Strompf (born 23 April 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. [1]
Strompf was a youth player at SV Sandhausen and Karlsruher SC. [2] He played for a season at FC Astoria Walldorf.
Strompf then went to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim where he stayed for three seasons and made 59 competitive appearances for Hoffenheim II. [3]
Strompf joined Eintracht Braunschweig in August 2021, signing a one year-contact and was given the number five shirt. [2]
He impressed sufficiently to be given a new contract in the summer of 2022. Sporting director Peter Vollmann described him as “reliable” and a “team player” after he played 19 games and scored 2 goals in the 2021–22 season that earned Braunschweig promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. [3] Strompf made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 17 July 2022 in a 2–0 defeat to Hamburger SV. [4]
On 17 August 2023, Strompf signed with Västerås SK in Sweden. [5] He made his debut for the club in the Svenska Cupen starting in a 3–0 away win against Örebro Syrianska IF. [6] He made his Superettan debut as a second half substitute away against Östers IF, in a 2–2 draw on 18 September 2023. [7]
On 15 December 2023, Strompf agreed to join 3. Liga club SSV Ulm. [8] He made his league debut for the club on 21 January 2024 against SpVgg Unterhaching in a 2–0 win for his new club. [9] Having gained promotion with the side back into the 2. Bundesliga, he scored his first league goal for the club in a 3–1 away win against Elversberg on 22 September 2024. [10]
In June 2025, following SSV Ulm's relegation from the 2. Bundesliga, it was announced that Strompf would join VfL Bochum, relegated from the Bundesliga, for the 2025–26 season. [11] He signed a three-year contract. [11]