Sonny Kittel

Sonny Kittel

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
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	VfB Gießen
1999–2012	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
2024–2025	Grasshopper	25	(4)
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 17 June 2025

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

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] He also scored a brace in a 5–0 win against Yverdon-Sport on 14 May 2025. On 17 June 2025, Grasshoppers announced that they would not activate the option to extend his contract and Kittel would depart the club. ^[7]

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. ^[8]

Career statistics

As of 31 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Eintracht Frankfurt	2010–11	Bundesliga	8	0	2	0	—		—		10	0
	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	11	3	—		—		—		11	3
	2012–13	Bundesliga	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
	2013–14	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	1 [b]	0	—		1	0
	2014–15	Bundesliga	18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	2015–16	Bundesliga	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	Total		51	3	2	0	1	0	—		54	3
FC Ingolstadt	2016–17	Bundesliga	20	2	1	0	—		—		21	2
	2017–18	2. Bundesliga	33	10	2	0	—		—		35	10
	2018–19	2. Bundesliga	33	10	1	1	—		—		34	11
	Total		86	22	4	1	—		—		90	23
Hamburger SV	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	31	11	2	1	—		—		33	12
	2020–21	2. Bundesliga	31	9	1	0	—		—		32	9
	2021–22	2. Bundesliga	35	9	5	0	—		—		40	9
	2022–23	2. Bundesliga	33	6	2	0	—		—		35	6
	Total		130	35	10	1	—		—		140	36
Raków Częstochowa	2023–24	Ekstraklasa	11	3	1	0	10 [c]	1	—		22	4
Western Sydney Wanderers (loan)	2023–24	A-League Men	10	1	—		—		—		10	1
Grasshopper	2024–25	Super League	25	4	2	1	—		1 [d]	0	28	5
Career total			313	68	19	3	11	1	1	0	344	72

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
4. Appearances in the relegation playoff

Honours

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal U18 Silver: 2011 ^[9]

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. "GC Zürich verabschiedet mehrere Spieler". Grasshopper Club Zurich. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
8. "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.
9. "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.

External links

• Sonny Kittel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Sonny Kittel at Soccerway