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| Full name | Niklas Süle[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (age 30)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back,right-back | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Borussia Dortmund | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Rot-Weiß Walldorf | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | SV Darmstadt 98 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | 1899 Hoffenheim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | TSG Hoffenheim II | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | TSG Hoffenheim | 107 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Bayern Munich | 114 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Borussia Dortmund | 68 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Germany U16 | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Germany U17 | 17 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Germany U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Germany U21 | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Germany U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Germany | 49 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:33, 18 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:52, 18 October 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Niklas Süle (born 3 September 1995) is a German professionalfootballer who plays either as acentre-back orright-back forBundesliga clubBorussia Dortmund and theGermany national team.
Süle started his career atTSG Hoffenheim, before joiningBayern Munich in 2017, where he won five Bundesligas, twoDFB-Pokal, and fourDFL-Supercup titles, in addition to one each ofUEFA Champions League,UEFA Super Cup andFIFA Club World Cup. He later signed for Borussia Dortmund in 2022. At international level, he represented Germany, in which he achieved the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, and featured in twoFIFA World Cups in2018 and2022.
Süle started his career with Rot-Weiß Walldorf. In July 2006, he signed for the youth team ofEintracht Frankfurt, where he played until the end of the 2008–09 season. In July 2009, he signed for the youth team ofSV Darmstadt 98, and only half a year later he left for the youth team at1899 Hoffenheim.[4]
On 11 May 2013, Süle made his debut for Hoffenheim in aBundesliga game againstHamburger SV. He started the match but was substituted forAndreas Ludwig in the 81st minute. Hoffenheim lost the game 4–1. During the 2012–13 season, Süle made two Bundesliga appearances and tworelegation playoff appearances as Hoffenheim defeated1. FC Kaiserslautern to stay in the Bundesliga.[5]
During the 2013–14 season Süle established himself as an important first team player for Hoffenheim. Süle played in 25 Bundesliga matches and scored four goals as he helped Hoffenheim finish 9th in the league.[6]
Süle started the 2014–15 season strong and played every minute during the first 14 Bundesliga matches. On 12 December 2014, Süle suffered a tornanterior cruciate ligament during matchday 15 against Frankfurt. Süle was sidelined for the rest of the season due to the injury.[7] Hoffenheim finished 8th in the league.[8]
Süle returned for the 2015–16 season after the ACL tear. He played every minute in 33 Bundesliga matches as Hoffenheim finished a disappointing 15th in the league.[9]
Süle had a very impressive 2016–17 season for Hoffenheim as he played in 33 Bundesliga matches. Hoffenheim finished in an impressive 4th in the Bundesliga. Süle's performance drew interest from clubs like Bayern Munich andChelsea.[10]
On 15 January 2017, Bayern Munich had announced that they had signed Süle along withSebastian Rudy from Hoffenheim as a double swoop. Both Süle and Rudy joined Bayern Munich on 1 July 2017.[11]
Süle's first appearance came as he was named a starter for Bayern Munich's season opener againstBayer 04 Leverkusen on 18 August 2017. He scored the first goal of the2017–18 Bundesliga season, heading in a free kick from fellow Bayern newcomer and Hoffenheim-product Sebastian Rudy.[12] On 12 September 2017, Süle made hisChampions League debut againstAnderlecht. Süle played in 27 Bundesliga matches and scored two goals. He made nine appearances in the Champions League during the season.[6]
Süle won his first Bundesliga title after Bayern Munich finished 21 points ahead of second-placedSchalke 04. Süle also reached his firstDFB-Pokal final as Bayern Munich were beaten 3–1 by Süle's former youth club, Eintracht Frankfurt.[citation needed]
Süle started the2018–19 season by playing in the 2018German Super Cup, which Bayern won 5–0.[13] On 20 April 2019, Süle scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win overWerder Bremen. The win kept Bayern at the top of the Bundesliga table.[14]
On 18 May 2019, Süle won his second Bundesliga title as Bayern finished with 78 points, two points above Dortmund. A week later, Süle won his first DFB-Pokal as Bayern defeatedRB Leipzig 3–0 in the2019 DFB-Pokal Final.[15] He played in 31 Bundesliga matches and scored two goals. During the Bundesliga season, Süle had a 95 percent pass completion while having the fourth most touches of any Bundesliga player.[16] Süle appeared in 42 matches in all competitions and scored two goals.[6]
Sületore hisanterior cruciate ligament in the 12th minute of the team's eighth league match of the 2019-20 season and was expected to be out of the line-up for eight to ten months, preventing him from participating with Germany forUEFA Euro 2020, before the tournament was postponed.[17][18] On 8 August 2020, Süle played against Chelsea in the Champions League, marking his first match since October 2019.[19][20] He then started from the bench in the later games in the Champions League. On 23 August 2020, Süle came on from the bench in the2020 UEFA Champions League Final and replacedJérôme Boateng after he suffered an early injury. He won the Champions League, completing the continental treble for that season.
On 9 December 2020, Süle scored his first Champions League goal in a 2–0 win overLokomotiv Moscow.[21]
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Süle agreed to joinBorussia Dortmund starting from the 2022–23 season on a free transfer on a four-year contract.[22][23] On 22 October 2022, he recorded his first goal and assist for the club in a 5–0 win overStuttgart.[24]
Süle participated in the2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with theGerman U17 team.[25]
He was part of the squad for the2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.[26]
Süle was called up in August 2016 when theGermany national team playedFinland andNorway.[27] He was brought off in the 59th minute against Finland.[28]
Süle was named in Germany's final 23-man squad byJoachim Löw for the2018 FIFA World Cup.[29] On 27 June, Süle made his firstWorld Cup appearance in the last match of the group stage in a 2–0 defeat toSouth Korea, as Germany got knocked out of the World Cup in the first round for the first time since1938.[30] On 19 May 2021, he was selected for theUEFA Euro 2020 squad.[31] On 10 November 2022, he was called up for the2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[32]
Süle was born inFrankfurt,Hesse.[33] His grandfather György emigrated with his wife fromBudapest to Germany.[34] His father Georg worked as a coach at Rot-Weiss Walldorf; meanwhile, his elder brother, Fabian, had a football scholarship at theSt. Francis College in New York to study Business Management, Economics and Finance.[35] His family name is of Hungarian origin, but the manager of theTurkish Football Federation under-16 national team contacted Süle during his teenage years about the possibility of playing for them as Süle's surname seemed Turkish to him.[36] He was also eligible for theHungary national team,[37] since he holds Hungarian citizenship.[38]
Süle had a son in late 2020 with his girlfriend Melissa Halter.[39]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| TSG Hoffenheim II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Südwest | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| TSG Hoffenheim | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 5 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 107 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 116 | 8 | |||
| Bayern Munich | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | 4[d] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Total | 114 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 171 | 7 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 41 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 68 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 295 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 394 | 18 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 November 2018 | Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany |  Russia | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
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