Jan-Niklas Beste
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jan-Niklas Beste
| image =
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hamm, Germany{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jan-niklas-beste/ | title = Jan-Niklas Beste | website = worldfootball.net | access-date = 23 July 2020}}
| position = Left-back, winger
| currentclub = SC Freiburg
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = VfL Mark 1928
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2007
| youthclubs2 = Hammer SpVg
| youthyears3 = 2007–2018
| youthclubs3 = Borussia Dortmund
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Borussia Dortmund
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2022
| clubs2 = Werder Bremen
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–2022
| clubs3 = → Werder Bremen II
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2019–2020
| clubs4 = → Emmen (loan)
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2020–2022
| clubs5 = → Jahn Regensburg (loan)
| caps5 = 42
| goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2022–2024
| clubs6 = 1. FC Heidenheim
| caps6 = 65
| goals6 = 20
| years7 = 2024–2025
| clubs7 = Benfica
| caps7 = 13
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2025–
| clubs8 = SC Freiburg
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam1 = Germany U16
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam2 = Germany U17
| nationalcaps2 = 15
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam3 = Germany U19
| nationalcaps3 = 6
| nationalgoals3 = 3
| nationalyears4 = 2018
| nationalteam4 = Germany U20
| nationalcaps4 = 2
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update = 4 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 16 October 2018
}}
Jan-Niklas Beste (born 4 January 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.
Club career
After joining Borussia Dortmund at the age of eight, Beste made his competitive debut for the senior squad on 12 August 2017 in a 2017–18 DFB-Pokal match-up against Rielasingen-Arlen.{{cite web | website = Soccerway| url = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/08/12/germany/dfb-pokal/rielasingen-arlen/bv-borussia-09-dortmund/2461740/ |title = Rielasinger Arlen vs Borussia Dortmund 0 - 4 | date = 12 August 2017 | access-date = 23 July 2020}} Despite appearing for the senior squad in pre-season friendlies that summer as well, he spent the rest of the 2017–18 season on the Under-19 squad.
On 4 July 2018, Beste moved to Werder Bremen, where he also was assigned to the reserves squad for the first season with them.{{cite web | url = https://www.werder.de/en/news/news/first-team/20182019/jan-niklas-beste-transfer-03072018 | title = Beste moves to Werder from Dortmund | website = Werder Bremen | date = 4 July 2018 | access-date = 23 July 2020}}
On 18 June 2019, he was loaned to FC Emmen in the Netherlands for the 2019–20 season.{{cite web | url = https://www.werder.de/en/news/news/first-team/20182019/jan-niklas-beste-18062019 | title = Beste joins FC Emmen on loan | website = Werder Bremen | date = 18 June 2019 | access-date = 23 July 2020}} He made his Eredivisie debut for Emmen on 24 August 2019 in a game against Willem II.{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/24/netherlands/eredivisie/sbv-willem-ii-tilburg/fc-emmen/3032080/ | title = Willem II vs. Emmen 2 - 1 | website = Soccerway | date = 24 August 2019 | access-date = 23 July 2020}}
In July 2020, he again left Werder Bremen for a loan spell, joining SSV Jahn Regensburg for two seasons.{{cite web |title=Jahn Regensburg leiht Jan-Niklas Beste von Werder Bremen aus |url=https://www.kicker.de/_offensivstarker_linksverteidiger_jahn_leiht_beste_aus-780251/artikel |website=Kicker |access-date=23 July 2020 |language=German |date=23 July 2020}}
On 15 June 2022, Beste signed a three-year contract with 1. FC Heidenheim.{{cite web|publisher=Heidenheim|url=https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/news/detailansicht/archiv/2022/juni/fch/jan-niklas-beste-erhaelt-einen-dreijahresvertrag-beim-fch.html|title=Jan-Niklas Beste erhält einen Dreijahresvertrag beim FCH!|date=15 June 2022|access-date=25 July 2022|language=de}} On 26 August 2023, he scored his club's first ever goal in the Bundesliga from a free-kick in a 3–2 home defeat against Hoffenheim.{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/jan-niklas-beste-who-is-heidenheim-midfielder-germany-call-up-26548 |title=Jan-Niklas Beste: Who is Heidenheim's bearded wonder with a Germany call-up? |publisher=Bundesliga |date=14 March 2024 }}
On 11 July 2024, Beste signed a five-year contract with Primeira Liga club Benfica.{{cite web |url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/agora/noticias/2024/07/11/futebol-benfica-jan-niklas-beste-reforco |title=Jan-Niklas Beste joins Benfica! |publisher=S.L. Benfica |date=11 July 2024 }} On 19 September, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 2–1 away win over Red Star Belgrade.{{cite web |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/fussball/champions-league/2024/09/sieg-mit-benfica-beste-feiert-gelungene-premiere |title=Gelungene CL-Premiere für Beste |publisher=Sport1 |language=de |date=19 September 2024 }}
In January 2025, Beste returned to Bundesliga, signing with SC Freiburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.scfreiburg.com/en/latest/news/first-team/2024-25/niklas-beste-joins-sc-freiburg/ |title=Niklas Beste joins SC Freiburg |publisher=SC Freiburg |date=31 January 2025 }}
International career
Beste was a youth international footballer for Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/jan-niklas-beste/spieler |title=Jan-Niklas Beste Personenprofil|publisher=German Football Association|language=de}} In March 2024, he was called up for the Germany national team for the friendly matches against France and the Netherlands.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/start-ins-em-jahr-mit-sechs-neulingen-und-sechs-rueckkehrern-259584/|title=Start ins EM-Jahr mit sechs Neulingen und sechs Rückkehrern|date=14 March 2024|publisher=German Football Association |access-date=14 March 2024|language=de }} However, he suffered an adductor strain during training which forced him to withdraw ahead of the aforementioned fixtures.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/team-ticker-beste-vom-dfb-team-abgereist-259710/ |title=Team-Ticker: Beste vom DFB-Team abgereist |publisher=German Football Association |language=de |date=21 March 2024 }}
Career statistics
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{{updated|match played 4 May 2025}}{{Soccerway|jan-niklas-beste/440862|access-date=20 June 2024}}
| 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, Taça de Portugal}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Taça da Liga}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia Dortmund
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| Werder Bremen II
|28 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 2 | ||||
| Emmen (loan)
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Jahn Regensburg (loan)
|16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22
|2. Bundesliga |26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 5 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!42 | 6 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 46 | 7 | |||
| rowspan="3"|1. FC Heidenheim
|2. Bundesliga |34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 12 | |||
| 2023–24
|Bundesliga |31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 8 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!65 | 20 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 68 | 20 | |||
| Benfica
|13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5{{Efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| SC Freiburg
|Bundesliga |12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!166 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 183 | 31 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway}}
{{SC Freiburg squad}}
{{2023–24 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beste, Jan Niklas}}
Category:Footballers from Hamm
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Borussia Dortmund players
Category:SV Werder Bremen players
Category:SV Werder Bremen II players
Category:SSV Jahn Regensburg players
Category:1. FC Heidenheim players
Category:S.L. Benfica footballers
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
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