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

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Bayer Leverkusen II

|2011–12

|Regionalliga West

|2

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—20
2012–13

|Regionalliga West

|17

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—172
colspan="2"|Total

!19

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—192
Chemnitzer FC

|2013–14

|3. Liga

|22

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—222
Chemnitzer FC II

|2013–14

|NOFV-Oberliga Süd

|5

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—50
rowspan="4"|Jahn Regensburg

|2014–15

|3. Liga

|16

3colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—163
2015–16

|Regionalliga Bayern

|29

6colspan="2"|—2{{efn|name=PRO|Appearance(s) in promotion playoff}}1317
2016–17

|3. Liga

|31

6102{{efn|name=PRO}}1347
colspan="2"|Total

!76

1510428117
Jahn Regensburg II

|2016–17

|Bayernliga

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
rowspan="4"|1. FC Heidenheim

|2017–18

|2. Bundesliga

|18

122colspan="2"|—203
2018–19

|2. Bundesliga

|5

022colspan="2"|—72
2019–20

|2. Bundesliga

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
colspan="2"|Total

!24

144colspan="2"|—285
rowspan="3"|Admira Wacker

|2018–19

|Austrian Bundesliga

|11

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—112
2019–20

|Austrian Bundesliga

|17

310colspan="2"|—183
colspan="2"|Total

!28

510colspan="2"|—295
KFC Uerdingen

|2020–21

|3. Liga

|34

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—342
rowspan=4|MSV Duisburg

|2021–22

|3. Liga

|31

4colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—314
2022–23

|3. Liga

|32

5colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—325
2023–24

|3. Liga

|20

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—201
colspan="2"|Total

!83

1000colspan="2"|—8310
colspan="3"|Career total

!292

37644230243

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