Sonny Kittel

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Sonny Kittel
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Kittel with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sonny Kittel
Date of birth (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Gießen, Germany
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Grasshopper
Number 8
Youth career
VfB Gießen
1999–2012 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2016 Eintracht Frankfurt 51 (3)
2012–2013 Eintracht Frankfurt II 8 (1)
2016–2019 FC Ingolstadt 86 (22)
2019–2023 Hamburger SV 130 (35)
2023–2024 Raków Częstochowa 11 (3)
2024 → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) 10 (1)
2024– Grasshopper 9 (0)
International career
2009 Germany U16 4 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U17 12 (2)
2010–2011 Germany U18 4 (0)
2012–2013 Germany U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2024

Sonny Kittel (born 6 January 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Swiss club Grasshopper Club Zurich. [1]

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Career

After winning the German U17 championship with Eintracht Frankfurt in June 2010, Kittel was capped in the professional squad for the 2010–11 season. In Eintracht's first competitive match at SV Wilhelmshaven he was substituted. In the first 2010–11 home match he was also given some game time when he was substituted on for Caio in the 84th minute.

After playing for 2. Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt for three seasons, Kittel transferred to Hamburger SV on 18 June 2019, signing a four-year contract. [2]

On 20 July 2023, Kittel signed a three-year deal with defending Ekstraklasa champions Raków Częstochowa. [3]

Kittel went on loan to the Western Sydney Wanderers for the second half of the 2023–24 A-League season. [4]

On 24 August 2024, he signed with Swiss Super League side Grasshopper Club Zurich for an undisclosed fee. [5] He joined the Swiss record champions on a one-year contract, with an option to extend for a further year. He debuted on 13 September 2024, in a 2–0 victory in the Swiss Cup against FC Thun, where he also scored the first goal. [6]

International career

Kittel expressed in November 2017 to the Germany national youth football team his desire to play in the Poland national youth football team levels as his parents come from Poland. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eintracht Frankfurt 2010–11 Bundesliga 8020——100
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 113———113
2012–13 Bundesliga6000——60
2013–14 Bundesliga00001 [b] 0—10
2014–15 Bundesliga18000——180
2015–16 Bundesliga80———80
Total5132010—543
FC Ingolstadt 2016–17 Bundesliga20210——212
2017–18 2. Bundesliga331020——3510
2018–19 2. Bundesliga331011——3411
Total862241——9023
Hamburger SV 2019–20 2. Bundesliga311121——3312
2020–21 2. Bundesliga31910——329
2021–22 2. Bundesliga35950——409
2022–23 2. Bundesliga33620——356
Total13035101——14036
Raków Częstochowa 2023–24 Ekstraklasa 1131010 [c] 1—224
Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) 2023–24 A-League Men 101———101
Grasshopper 2024–25 Super League 9021——111
Career total297641931110032768
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, Polish Cup, Swiss Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Sonny Kittel" (in German). Kicker . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "HSV Sign Sonny Kittel". hsv.de. 18 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sonny Kittel nowym zawodnikiem Rakowa!" (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 20 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sonny Kittel wypożyczony do Western Sydney Wanderers FC" (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Attacking midfielder Sonny Kittel signs with GC Zurich". Grasshopper Club Zurich. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sieg in der Stockhorn Arena" [Victory in the Stockhorn Arena ] (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Sonny Kittel chce grać dla Biało-Czerwonych. Niemiec złożył już wniosek o polski paszport". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold für ter Stegen, Draxler und Can" [Fritz-Walter-Medal in gold for ter Stegen, Draxler and Can] (in German). German Football Association. 22 July 2011.


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