Nico Cedric Schlotterbeck (born 1 December 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays primarily as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.[4][5]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nico Cedric Schlotterbeck[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 24)[2] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Waiblingen, Germany | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | |||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
0000–2015 | VfR Aalen | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Karlsruher SC | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | SC Freiburg | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2018–2020 | SC Freiburg II | 25 | (2) | |||||||||||
2019–2022 | SC Freiburg | 49 | (4) | |||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||
2022– | Borussia Dortmund | 61 | (6) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2018 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019–2021 | Germany U21 | 13 | (3) | |||||||||||
2022– | Germany | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 21 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:11, 30 June 2024 (UTC) |
Schlotterbeck debuted for SC Freiburg on 9 March 2019, coming on as a half-time substitute for Philipp Lienhart in the 2–1 home win against Hertha BSC.[6] In his final match for Freiburg, the club lost the DFB-Pokal Final on penalties but Schlotterbeck was awarded the man of the match.[7]
On 31 July 2020, Schlotterbeck joined Union Berlin on a one-year loan.[8]
On 2 May 2022, Borussia Dortmund announced the signing of Schlotterbeck on a five-year deal, starting from the 2022–23 season.[9] He joined for a reported €25 million transfer fee.[10] In the 2023–24 season, he achieved the highest tackling success rate in the Bundesliga at 71%, in addition to winning possession over 240 times, he also played a crucial role in his club's qualification to the Champions League final.[11]
Schlotterbeck got his debut call-up to the Germany national team under coach Hansi Flick for FIFA World Cup qualification in September 2021.[12] He made his debut against Israel in a friendly on 27 March 2022.[13] Later that year, on 10 November, he was named in the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[14]
Schlotterbeck was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[15]
Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who played for Freiburg.[16] His older brother, Keven, is a professional footballer who played the 2019–20 season at Union Berlin on loan from SC Freiburg, to which he returned for the 2020–21 season. [17] Schlotterbeck's cousin, Sandrine, appeared on the seventh series of the German edition of Love Island in 2022.[18]
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SC Freiburg II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 24 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | Regionalliga Südwest | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 25 | 2 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
SC Freiburg | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 38 | 4 | ||
Total | 49 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | 56 | 4 | |||
Union Berlin (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 2 | |
Borussia Dortmund | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | 39 | 4 |
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12[a] | 0 | 48 | 2 | |
Total | 61 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 87 | 6 | ||
Career total | 151 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 185 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Germany | 2022 | 8 | 0 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
2024 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 |
SC Freiburg
Borussia Dortmund
Germany U21
Individual