:Robert Glatzel
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robert Glatzel
| image = Glatzel, Robert Heidenheim 17-18 WP.jpg
| caption = Glatzel with 1. FC Heidenheim in 2017
| fullname = Robert Nesta Glatzel{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Cardiff City |publisher=English Football League |page=14 |accessdate=18 October 2019}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|8}}
| birth_place = Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
| height = 1.93 m
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Hamburger SV
| clubnumber = 9
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011
| youthclubs1 = SC Fürstenfeldbruck
| youthyears2 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs2 = SpVgg Unterhaching
| youthyears3 = 2012–2013
| youthclubs3 = 1860 Munich
| years1 = 2011–2012
| clubs1 = SpVgg Unterhaching II
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = 1860 Munich II
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2013
| clubs3 = SV Heimstetten
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2013–2014
| clubs4 = Wacker Burghausen II
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2013–2014
| clubs5 = Wacker Burghausen
| caps5 = 4
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2014–2015
| clubs6 = 1860 Munich II
| caps6 = 30
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2015–2017
| clubs7 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern II
| caps7 = 47
| goals7 = 27
| years8 = 2015–2017
| clubs8 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern
| caps8 = 19
| goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2017–2019
| clubs9 = 1. FC Heidenheim
| caps9 = 55
| goals9 = 17
| years10 = 2019–2021
| clubs10 = Cardiff City
| caps10 = 51
| goals10 = 10
| years11 = 2021
| clubs11 = → Mainz 05 (loan)
| caps11 = 13
| goals11 = 2
| years12 = 2021–
| clubs12 = Hamburger SV
| caps12 = 115
| goals12 = 73
| club-update = 23 May 2025
}}
Robert Nesta Glatzel (born 8 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/robert-glatzel/ |title=Robert Glatzel |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=7 August 2021}}
Early life
Glatzel was born in Bavaria to an Eritrean father and a German mother.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swr.de/sport/hintergrund/Fussball-2,robert-glatzel-heidenheim-bob-marley-namensvetter-100.html|title=Robert Glatzel: Ein Hauch Bob Marley in Heidenheim|first=Max|last=Wöhr|date=|accessdate=30 July 2019|language=de}}
Career
Born in Bavaria, Glatzel joined SC Fürstenfeldbruck, before he switched to SpVgg Unterhaching. In 2012, Glatzel joined the youth academy of 1860 Munich. After one year in the Munich-quarter of Giesing, he joined fourth-tier side SV Heimstetten and in September 2013, he switched to Wacker Burghausen in the professional 3. Liga. After struggling to maintain a regular place in Burghausen, Glatzel returned to 1860 Munich and played for the reserve team. In 2015, he left Bavaria and joined the 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Glatzel played for the reserve team and for the first team; for the latter, he made 19 appearances in the second division, scoring four goals.
In 2017, Glatzel joined 1. FC Heidenheim. On 3 April 2019, Glatzel played in a 5–4 defeat in the quarter-final match of the 2018-19 DFB-Pokal against top-flight Bayern Munich and scored three goals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bayern-gegen-heidenheim-2019-dfb-pokal-4563542/analyse|title=Neun Tore, Rot und dreimal Alu: Bayern gewinnt irres Spiel|first=|last=|work=kicker|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=3 April 2019|access-date=30 July 2019|language=de}}
=Cardiff City=
On 31 July 2019, Glatzel signed for Championship side Cardiff City.{{cite web |url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/done-deal-glatzel-signs-city |title=Glatzel signs for City |publisher=Cardiff City F.C. |date=31 July 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2019}} He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 victory over Luton Town on 10 August.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49214329 |title=Cardiff City 2–1 Luton Town |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 August 2019 |accessdate=10 August 2019}} He scored his first goal for Cardiff on 13 September 2019 in a 1–1 draw away at Derby County.
==Loan to Mainz 05==
On 1 February 2021, Glatzel joined German club Mainz 05 on a loan deal until the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/loan-robert-glatzel-joins-1-fsv-mainz-05|title=Loan: Robert Glatzel joins 1. FSV Mainz 05|publisher=Cardiff City FC|date=1 February 2021|access-date=1 February 2021}}
= Hamburger SV =
On 1 July 2021, Glatzel then joined German club Hamburger SV on a €1,000,000 fee. He then scored a goal in his debut match to help the club win over FC Schalke 04 in a 3–1 victory on 23 July 2021.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 11 May 2025}}{{soccerway|robert-nesta-glatzel/254413}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| SpVgg Unterhaching II
|10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 1860 Munich II
|8 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 3 | ||||
| SV Heimstetten
|Regionalliga Bayern |4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 1 | |||
| Wacker Burghausen II
|11 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Wacker Burghausen
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1860 Munich II
|Regionalliga Bayern |30 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 5 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|1. FC Kaiserslautern II
|31 | 15 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 15 | ||||
| 2016–17
|Regionalliga Südwest |16 | 12 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 12 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!47 | 27 | colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||47 | 27 | |||||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern
|19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 4 | |||
| rowspan="3"|1. FC Heidenheim
|2. Bundesliga |29 | 4 | 3 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19
|2. Bundesliga |26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 17 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 17 | 6 | 7 | colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||61 | 24 | |||||
| rowspan="3"|Cardiff City
|30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in Championship play-offs}} | 0 | 35 | 8 | |
| 2020–21
|Championship |21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!51 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 11 | |
| Mainz 05 (loan)
|13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="5" |Hamburger SV
|2. Bundesliga |34 | 22 | 5 | 5 | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|name=promotion|Appearances in Bundesliga promotion play-offs}} | 0 | 41 | 27 | ||
| 2022–23
|2. Bundesliga |34 | 19 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 2{{efn|name=promotion}} | 0 | 37 | 19 | ||
| 2023–24
|32 | 22 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | 35 | 23 | ||
| 2024–25
|14 |9 |1 |1 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |15 |10 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!114 | 72 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 79 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!347 | 140 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 374 | 145 |
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References
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External links
- {{soccerway}}
- {{Worldfootball.net|robert-glatzel}}
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