.jpg) Knauff playing forEintracht Frankfurt in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ansgar Knauff | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-01-10)10 January 2002 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Göttingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2015 | SVG Göttingen | ||
| 2015–2016 | Hannover 96 | ||
| 2016–2020 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Borussia Dortmund II | 36 | (10) |
| 2020–2023 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | →Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 36 | (2) |
| 2023– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 55 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Germany U21 | 23 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:55, 16 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:25, 22 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ansgar Knauff (born 10 January 2002) is a Germanfootballer who plays as aright winger forBundesliga clubEintracht Frankfurt.[2]
Knauff was born inGöttingen to a German mother andGhanaian father, but raised by his single mother.[3][4]
He began his youth career at hometown club SVG Göttingen, before joiningHannover 96's youth academy in 2015.[5] A year later, he joined theBorussia Dortmund youth team, in which he played in the2019–20 UEFA Youth League. In September 2020, he made his debut forBorussia Dortmund II in the fourth division of German football. During the 2020–21Regionalliga West season, he appeared in 28 games for Dortmund II, scoring 9 goals.[6]
Knauff signed his first professional contract withBorussia Dortmund on 25 November 2020, lasting until 2023.[7] He made his first team debut on 8 December, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute forThorgan Hazard in the2020–21 UEFA Champions League match againstZenit Saint Petersburg.[8] The away match finished as a 2–1 win for Dortmund.[9] On 20 March 2021, he made his first appearance in theBundesliga, coming on forThomas Meunier in the 80th minute and providing the assist for a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw againstKöln.[10] He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 10 April, scoring the winning goal in a 3–2 victory againstVfB Stuttgart.[11]
On 20 January 2022, Knauff joinedEintracht Frankfurt on an eighteen-month loan deal.[12]Sebastian Kehl, Dortmund's head of playing department, explained the move by stating that "He approached us to state his wish to get more playing time on loan. We would like to offer him this chance to continue his development at a high level."[13] Knauff scored his first goal for Eintracht on 5 March in a 4–1 victory againstHertha BSC.[14] In the knockout phase of theEuropa League campaign, he was an undisputed starter, did not miss a single minute of playing time, and scored important goals againstFC Barcelona in the quarter-final andWest Ham in the semifinal.[6] On 18 May 2022, he appeared as a starting player in the2022 UEFA Europa League Final againstRangers and won the Europa League trophy with his club after the penalty shoot-out.[15] For his performance during the 2021–22 Europa League season, Knauff was awarded theYoung Player of the Season award by UEFA.[16]On 9 June 2023, he permanently moved to Frankfurt.[17]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga West | 28 | 9 | — | — | — | 28 | 9 | |||
| 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 10 | — | — | — | 36 | 10 | |||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 12 | 1 | — | 7[b] | 2 | — | 19 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 4 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8[d] | 0 | — | 40 | 8 | |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10[b] | 2 | — | 37 | 3 | |||
| Total | 55 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 77 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 136 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 181 | 26 | ||
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