Anton Stach
{{short description|German association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anton Stach
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Anton Levi Stach{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce4/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER) |publisher=FIFA |page=7 |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
| height = 1.93 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = TSG Hoffenheim
| clubnumber = 16
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011
| youthclubs1 = Buchholzer FC
| youthyears2 = 2011–2015
| youthclubs2 = Werder Bremen
| youthyears3 = 2015–2016
| youthclubs3 = JFV Nordwest
| youthyears4 = 2016–2017
| youthclubs4 = VfL Osnabrück
| years1 = 2017
| clubs1 = VfL Osnabrück II
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017–2018
| clubs2 = SSV Jeddeloh
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2018–2020
| clubs3 = VfL Wolfsburg II
| caps3 = 40
| goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2020–2021
| clubs4 = Greuther Fürth
| caps4 = 30
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2021–2023
| clubs5 = Mainz 05
| caps5 = 61
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = TSG Hoffenheim
| caps6 = 58
| goals6 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2021
| nationalteam1 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021
| nationalteam2 = Germany Olympic
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2022–
| nationalteam3 = Germany
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 17:22, 12 April 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 21:12, 14 June 2022
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}
{{Medal|G|2021|}}
}}
Anton Levi Stach (born 15 November 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Germany national team.{{WorldFootball.net}}{{cite news |last=Patten |first=Volkhard |location=Fürth |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/fussball-nordwest/fuerth-ex-jeddeloher-wechselt-nach-fuerth-anton-stach-macht-den-schritt-in-den-profifussball_a_50,8,454785726.html |title=Anton Stach macht den Schritt in den Profifußball |trans-title=Anton Stach takes the step into professional football |work=Nordwest-Zeitung |date=4 May 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020 |language=de |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729122009/https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/fussball-nordwest/fuerth-ex-jeddeloher-wechselt-nach-fuerth-anton-stach-macht-den-schritt-in-den-profifussball_a_50,8,454785726.html |url-status=dead }}
Club career
Stach was born in the Lower Saxonian town of Buchholz in der Nordheide at the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and joined Buchholzer FC during his childhood. Since 2010, he has participated to the training at Werder Bremen once a week,{{Cite web |author= |url=https://www.buchholz.de/portal/meldungen/anton-stach-erster-buchholzer-landesmeister-in-tennis-903000486-20101.html |title=Anton Stach – erster Buchholzer Landesmeister im Tennis |work=Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide |publisher=Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide |date=21 May 2010|accessdate=26 March 2022|language=de}} before he joined one year later the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of Bremen-based. Stach has played for Werder Bremen until the B-youth and has played later at JFV Nordwest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/fussball-nordwest/fuerth-wechsel-nach-fuerth-anton-stach-macht-den-schritt-in-den-profifussball_a_50,8,454785726.html|title=Anton Stach macht den Schritt in den Profifußbal|first=|last=|work=|publisher=|date=|accessdate=26 March 2022|language=de}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Afterwards, he joined the U19-team of VfL Osnabrück.
For the 2017–18 season, the Buchholz-born Stach joined SSV Jeddeloh from Regionalliga Nord, the fourth-highest level in Germany. After a one year, he moved to VfL Wolfsburg II, also in the Regionalliga Nord. With the second team of VfL Wolfsburg II, he has reached the play-off round for the promotion to the professional 3. Liga, the third-highest level of German football, but the Lower Saxonians lost against Bayern Munich II.
In the 2020–21 season, Stach left Lower Saxony and joined Franconia-based Greuther Fürth from the second German division, where he signed a contract until summer 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sgf1903.de/aktuell/nachrichten/profis/story-des-tages/2019-2020/20200503-stach-wechselt-nach-fuerth/|title=Kleeblatt verpflichtet Stach|first=|last=|work=SpVgg Greuther Fürth|publisher=SpVgg Greuther Fürth GmbH & Co. KGaA|date=4 May 2020|accessdate=26 March 2022|language=de}} Stach helped the team achieve promotion to the Bundesliga. In July 2021, he joined Mainz 05 on a deal until summer 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainz05.de/news/fsv-verpflichtet-u21-europameister-stach00/|title=FSV VERPFLICHTET U21-EUROPAMEISTER STACH|first=|last=|work=1. FSV Mainz 05|publisher=1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V.|date=31 July 2021|accessdate=26 March 2022|language=de|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802064539/https://www.mainz05.de/news/fsv-verpflichtet-u21-europameister-stach00/|url-status=dead}} Later that year, on 4 December, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.zdf.de/sport/bundesliga/fsv-mainz-05-m05-wob-vfl-wolfsburg-highlights-zusammenfassung-100.html |title=FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Wolfsburg 3:0 |publisher=ZDF |language=de |date=6 December 2021 }}
On 1 September 2023, Stach signed a four-year contract with TSG Hoffenheim.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/aktuelles/news/2023/09/anton-stach-wechselt-zur-tsg/ |title=Anton Stach wechselt zur TSG |publisher=TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |language=de |date=1 September 2023 }} Two months later, on 4 November, he scored his first goal for Hoffenheim in a 3–2 home defeat against Bayer Leverkusen.{{cite web |url=https://www.zdf.de/sport/bundesliga/tsg-1899-hoffenheim-bayer-leverkusen-highlights-zusammenfassung-saison-2023-24-100.html |title=Leverkusen nach Sieg bei 1899 weiter vorne |publisher=ZDF |language=de |date=6 November 2023 }} He finished the 2023–24 season as the player with second most duels won in 408 occasions, ony behind Bernardo.{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/stats/players/duels-won |title=Bundesliga Stats 2023-2024 |publisher=Bundesliga |access-date=23 May 2024 }}
International career
In March 2021, Stach was called up for the Germany national under-21 football team for the group stage of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The matches were broadcast live in Germany at ProSieben and ProSieben MAXX and his father Matthias Stach was the commentator during the group stage. The player was substituted in the second match against the Netherlands and his father has said "Blamier' mich nicht, Junge!" (in English "Don't embarrass me, boy!" or "Don't embarrass me, son!").{{Cite web |author=las |url=https://www.kicker.de/matthias-stach-kommentiert-einwechslung-des-eigenen-sohns-800856/artikel |title=Matthias Stach kommentiert Einwechslung des eigenen Sohns |work=Kicker-Sportmagazin |publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH |date=28 March 2021 |accessdate=26 March 2022|language=de}} Germany advanced past the group stage as Stach made two appearances. In July 2021, he was also a part of the German squad for the knockout stage of the tournament, playing in all three matches as Germany reached the final, where they won 1–0 against Portugal.
Stach was called up to the senior Germany squad for friendly matches against Israel and the Netherlands on 26 and 29 March 2022, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/flick-nominiert-kader-fuer-zwei-laenderspiele-237642/|title=Flick nominiert Kader für zwei Länderspiele|trans-title=Flick names squad for two friendly matches|publisher=German Football Association|date=18 March 2022|access-date=23 March 2022|language=de}} Stach was substituted in the 2–0 win against Israel in Sinsheim in the 64th minute for Julian Weigl.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/deutschland-gegen-israel-2022-nationalteams-freundschaftsspiele-4757520/analyse|title=Havertz und Werner treffen nach Standards: DFB-Elf gewinnt gegen Israel|first=|last=|work=Kicker-Sportmagazin|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=26 March 2022|access-date=26 March 2022|language=de}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 12 April 2025}}
| 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"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals||Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| VfL Osnabrück II
|2016–17 |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| SSV Jeddeloh
|23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="3"|VfL Wolfsburg II
|Regionalliga Nord |20 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20
|Regionalliga Nord |20 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 6 | |||
| Greuther Fürth
|30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Mainz 05
|29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23
|Bundesliga |30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|Bundesliga |2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!61 | 2 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 68 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3"|1899 Hoffenheim
|Bundesliga |33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25
|Bundesliga |25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!58 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 69 | 4 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!213 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 17 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 14 June 2022}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany
|2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||2||0 |
Personal life
Anton's father, Matthias Stach, is a sports commentator in Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/u21-em-dfb-tv-prosieben-vater-sohn-matthias-anton-stach-kommentator/|title= TV-Premiere bei der U21-EM: Vater Matthias Stach als Kommentator, Sohn Anton im DFB-Aufgebot|first=|last=|work=|publisher=|date=24 March 2021|accessdate=26 March 2022|language=de}} Anton’s sisters, Emma and Lotta, play basketball.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kreiszeitung-wochenblatt.de/buchholz/c-sport/sportliche-geschwister_a96274|title= Sportliche Geschwister. Basketball und Fußball: Emma (20), Anton (18) und Lotta (15) Stach stehen national im Fokus|first=Oliver|last=Sander|work=|publisher=|date=8 August 2017|access-date=26 March 2022|language=de}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.mainz05.de/profis/team/mannschaft/mittelfeld/anton-stach/ Profile] at the 1. FSV Mainz 05 website {{in lang|de}}
- {{DFB}}
- {{Kicker}}
- {{Soccerway}}
{{TSG 1899 Hoffenheim squad}}
{{Germany men's football squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:People from Harburg (district)
Category:Footballers from Lower Saxony
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Germany
Category:Germany men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:VfL Wolfsburg II players
Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
Category:1. FSV Mainz 05 players
Category:TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Oberliga (football) players