.jpg) Christiansen withGermany U21 in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1996-09-25)25 September 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Flensburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1860 Munich | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Adelby | |||
| –2010 | Flensburg 08 | ||
| 2010–2011 | Holstein Kiel | ||
| 2011–2014 | Hansa Rostock | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Hansa Rostock | 24 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | FC Ingolstadt II | 8 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | FC Ingolstadt | 50 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Arminia Bielefeld | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Waldhof Mannheim | 54 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Greuther Fürth | 58 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Hannover 96 | 35 | (1) |
| 2025– | 1860 Munich | 9 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Germany U19 | 13 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Germany U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016 | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Germany Olympic | 2 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:21, 11 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Max Christiansen (born 25 September 1996) is a German professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder for3. Liga club1860 Munich.[1]
AFlensburg native, Christiansen started playing football with local sides SV Adelby and Flensburg 08. In 2010, at the age of 13, he moved to the youth ranks ofHolstein Kiel where he stayed only one year, though. He joined the football academy ofHansa Rostock, this included attending a private school.[2]
Subsequently, he made his way through Rostock's youth teams and eventually got promoted to the first team, playing then in3. Liga. He debuted on 29 March 2014 in a home match againstStuttgarter Kickers, playing 80 minutes as a starter.[3] In the following Christiansen became a regular and attracted the attention of several top- and second-flight clubs.[4]
In the next winter break, 2014–15, Rostock faced massive financial difficulties and had to acquire income through selling players. Christiansen moved to2. Bundesliga clubFC Ingolstadt for a transfer fee of believed to be €500,000 and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract until 2018.[5]
Shortly after the end of the 2020–21 seasonGreuther Fürth, newly promoted to theBundesliga, announced the signing of Christiansen for the2021–22 season.[6] He joined on a free transfer and signed a contract until 2023.[7]
Christiansen joinedHannover 96 ahead of the2023–24 season on a two-year contract.[8] He moved to1860 Munich ahead of the 2025–26 season.[9]
Christiansen wascaptain of theGermany U20 team and earned six caps.[10][11] Previously he also was capped for the U19 and U17 teams.[11]
He was part of the squad for the2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hansa Rostock | 2013–14 | 3. Liga | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 17 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| FC Ingolstadt II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Bayern | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| FC Ingolstadt | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 2019–20 | 3. Liga | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 25 | 1 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 3 | ||
| Greuther Fürth | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Hannover 96 | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 1860 Munich | 2025–26 | 3. Liga | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 236 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 245 | 7 | ||
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