.jpg) Ragnar Ache withEintracht Frankfurt in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ragnar Prince Friedel Ache[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-07-28)28 July 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg | ||
| 2009–2010 | Sparta AV | ||
| 2010–2017 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Sparta Rotterdam | 48 | (12) |
| 2017–2020 | Jong Sparta Rotterdam | 39 | (11) |
| 2020–2023 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | →Greuther Fürth (loan) | 32 | (7) |
| 2023– | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 39 | (27) |
| International career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Germany U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2021 | Germany Olympic | 3 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024 | |||
Ragnar Prince Friedel Ache (born 28 July 1998) is a German[2] professionalfootballer who plays as aforward for2. Bundesliga club1. FC Kaiserslautern.
Born inFrankfurt, Germany, Ache started his career in the youth ranks of Dutch sideSparta Rotterdam. He made his debut for the club's reserve side, Jong Sparta, in theTweede Divisie on 20 August 2016 againstTEC. He came on as a 66th-minute substitute for Ugur Altintas and scored a goal in the 66th minute as Jong Sparta drew the match 2–2.[3] He would go on to score seven goals in 17 appearances for the Sparta Rotterdam reserve side for the2016–17 season.
On 4 April 2017, after good performances for Jong Sparta, Ache made his debut for the senior side in theEredivisie againstHeerenveen. He came on as substitute forIlias Alhaft in the 80th minute as Sparta Rotterdam lost 3–0.[4] That would be his only appearance with the senior side that season. At the start of the2017–18 season, Ache was put into the first-team and came on as a substitute forCraig Goodwin in Sparta Rotterdam's 3–0 defeat atVVV-Venlo in the opening game of the season.[5] On 25 August 2017, Ache scored his first two professional goals for Sparta Rotterdam, grabbing a brace in the club's 2–2 draw away atNAC Breda. Ache came onto the pitch in the 52nd minute with Sparta Rotterdam down 2–0 and scored in the 70th and 84th minutes of the match.[6]
On 3 January 2020, Ache signed a five-year contract with German clubEintracht Frankfurt.[7] He made his first appearance for the club on 25 September 2020 againstHertha BSC, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute as Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1.[8]
On 14 June 2022, Ache was loaned toGreuther Fürth for the season.[9]
On 25 July 2023,2. Bundesliga side1. FC Kaiserslautern announced the signing of Ache[10] for a reported fee of €1 million.[11]
Born in Germany, Ache is of Ghanaian descent. He is a youth international for Germany.[12]
In the opening game of Group D in the Men's Football at the2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on 22 July 2021, coming on as a substitute in the second half, Ache scored the second of Germany's two goals in a 4–2 loss to Brazil. Ache would score again in the second match, giving Germany a 2–1 lead in an eventual 3–2 win over Saudi Arabia.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Sparta | 2016–17 | Tweede Divisie | 17 | 7 | — | — | — | 17 | 7 | |||
| 2017–18 | Tweede Divisie | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Tweede Divisie | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| Total | 50 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 14 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 108 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 118 | 26 | ||
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