Kolja Pusch
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
|image = Pusch, Kolja Heidenheim 17-18 (3) WP.jpg
|caption = Pusch with 1. FC Heidenheim in 2017
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|2|12|df=y}}
|birth_place = Wuppertal, Germany
|height = 1.81 m
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = TSV Meerbusch
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2003
|youthclubs1 = TSV 05 Ronsdorf
|youthyears2 = 2003–2005
|youthclubs2 = Grün-Weiß Wuppertal
|youthyears3 = 2005–2012
|youthclubs3 = Bayer Leverkusen
|years1 = 2011–2013
|clubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen II
|caps1 = 19
|goals1 = 2
|years2 = 2012–2013
|clubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen
|caps2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2013–2015
|clubs3 = Chemnitzer FC
|caps3 = 22
|goals3 = 2
|years4 = 2013–2015
|clubs4 = Chemnitzer FC II
|caps4 = 5
|goals4 = 2
|years5 = 2015–2017
|clubs5 = Jahn Regensburg
|caps5 = 76
|goals5 = 15
|years6 = 2015–2017
|clubs6 = Jahn Regensburg II
|caps6 = 1
|goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2017–2019
|clubs7 = 1. FC Heidenheim
|caps7 = 24
|goals7 = 1
|years8 = 2019
|clubs8 = → Admira Wacker (loan)
|caps8 = 11
|goals8 = 2
|years9 = 2019–2020
|clubs9 = Admira Wacker
|caps9 = 17
|goals9 = 3
|years10 = 2020–2021
|clubs10 = KFC Uerdingen
|caps10 = 34
|goals10 = 2
|years11 = 2021–2024
|clubs11 = MSV Duisburg
|caps11 = 83
|goals11 = 10
|years12 = 2024–
|clubs12 = TSV Meerbusch
|caps12 = 0
|goals12 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2008
|nationalteam1 = Germany U-16
|nationalcaps1 = 8
|nationalgoals1 = 2
|nationalyears2 = 2009–2010
|nationalteam2 = Germany U-17
|nationalcaps2 = 11
|nationalgoals2 = 4
|club-update = 15:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
}}
Kolja Pusch (born 12 February 1993) is a German professional footballer{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/kolja-pusch/spieler/3-liga/2014-15/jahn-regensburg | title = Kolja Pusch | language = de | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 28 January 2015}} who plays as a midfielder for TSV Meerbusch.
Career
Having come through the Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth ranks, Pusch played for the club's reserves and Chemnitzer FC before joining SSV Jahn Regensburg. In the 2016–17 season, he achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga with the club, contributing 31 appearances in which scored six goals and made seven assists.{{cite news|title=Pusch verlässt den Jahn Richtung Heidenheim|url=https://www.kicker.de/pusch-verlaesst-jahn---nietfeld-kommt-aus-zwickau-679588/artikel|access-date=6 June 2017|work=kicker Online|date=6 June 2017|language=de}}{{cite web | url = http://www.ssv-jahn.de/profis/news/2634 | title = Kolja Pusch läuft für den Jahn auf | trans-title = Kolja Pusch plays for the Jahn | language = de | publisher = SSV Jahn Regensburg | date = 28 January 2015 | access-date = 28 January 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105552/http://www.ssv-jahn.de/profis/news/2634 | archive-date = 24 September 2015 }}
In June 2016, Pusch chose not to extend his contract but to leave the club and sign a contract until 2020 with 1. FC Heidenheim.
On 2 September 2019, Admira Wacker announced the signing of Pusch.{{cite web|url=https://flyeralarmadmira.at/admira-holt-kolja-pusch-vom-1-fc-heidenheim-dauerhaft-in-die-suedstadt/|title=Admira holt Kolja Pusch vom 1. FC Heidenheim dauerhaft in die Südstadt|publisher=FC Admira Wacker Mödling|lang=de|date=2 September 2019|access-date=2 September 2019}}
After moving to KFC Uerdingen for the 2020–21 season, he joined MSV Duisburg the year after.{{cite web |url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/aktuelles/artikel/zebras-holen-kolja-pusch-schussgewaltig-und-erfahren/|title=MSV „ein Traum, ohne Zweifel“: Rudy Ndualu wird ein Zebra|website=msv-duisburg.de|date=10 June 2021|access-date=10 June 2021}} In June 2023, he extended his contract for another season.{{Cite web|title=MSV-Vertragsverlängerung: Kolja weiter in Zebra-Puschen|url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/aktuelles/artikel/msv-vertragsverlaengerung-kolja-weiter-in-zebra-puschen/|publisher=msv-duisburg.de|date=21 June 2023|access-date=21 June 2023}} After the 2023–24 season, he moved to TSV Meerbusch of the Oberliga Niederrhein.{{Cite web|title=185 Drittligaspiele! TSV Meerbusch feiert seinen "Königstransfer"|url=https://www.reviersport.de/fussball/oberliga/a606151---oberliga-niederrhein-185-drittligaspiele-tsv-meerbusch-feiert-seinen-koenigstransfer.html|publisher=reviersport.de|date=20 June 2024|access-date=20 June 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|19 May 2024}}{{Soccerway}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
rowspan="3"|Bayer Leverkusen II
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
2012–13
|Regionalliga West |17 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 2 | ||
colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 2 | ||
Chemnitzer FC
|22 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 2 | ||
Chemnitzer FC II
|2013–14 |5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||
rowspan="4"|Jahn Regensburg
|3. Liga |16 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 3 | ||
2015–16
|29 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name=PRO|Appearance(s) in promotion playoff}} | 1 | 31 | 7 | |
2016–17
|3. Liga |31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=PRO}} | 1 | 34 | 7 |
colspan="2"|Total
!76 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 17 |
Jahn Regensburg II
|2016–17 |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
rowspan="4"|1. FC Heidenheim
|18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 3 | |
2018–19
|2. Bundesliga |5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 2 | |
2019–20
|2. Bundesliga |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
colspan="2"|Total
!24 | 1 | 4 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 5 | |
rowspan="3"|Admira Wacker
|11 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 2 | ||
2019–20
|Austrian Bundesliga |17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 3 | |
colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 5 | |
KFC Uerdingen
|34 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 2 | ||
rowspan=4|MSV Duisburg
|3. Liga |31 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 4 | ||
2022–23
|3. Liga |32 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 5 | ||
2023–24
|3. Liga |20 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 1 | ||
colspan="2"|Total
!83 | 10 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 83 | 10 | |
colspan="3"|Career total
!292 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 302 | 43 |
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References
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External links
- {{Fussballdaten}}
- {{Soccerway}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Under-17}}
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Category:Footballers from Wuppertal
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players
Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
Category:Chemnitzer FC players
Category:SSV Jahn Regensburg players
Category:SSV Jahn Regensburg II players
Category:1. FC Heidenheim players
Category:Admira Wacker players
Category:KFC Uerdingen 05 players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Oberliga (football) players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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