Michael Zetterer
{{Short description|German footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Michael Zetterer
|image = FC Liefering gegen SK Austria Klagenfurt (1. Juni 2019) 39.jpg
|caption = Zetterer with Austria Klagenfurt in 2019
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|12|df=y}}
|birth_place = Munich, Germany
|position = Goalkeeper
|currentclub = Werder Bremen
|clubnumber = 1
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2006
|youthclubs1 = DJK Darching
|youthyears2 = 2006–2013
|youthclubs2 = SpVgg Unterhaching
|years1 = 2013–2015
|clubs1 = SpVgg Unterhaching
|caps1 = 30
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2015–
|clubs2 = Werder Bremen
|caps2 = 74
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2015–2018
|clubs3 = Werder Bremen II
|caps3 = 31
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2019
|clubs4 = → Austria Klagenfurt (loan)
|caps4 = 14
|goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2019–2021
|clubs5 = → PEC Zwolle (loan)
|caps5 = 32
|goals5 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2014–2016
|nationalteam1 = Germany U20
|nationalcaps1 = 4
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2016
|nationalteam2 = Germany U21
|nationalcaps2 = 1
|nationalgoals2 = 0
|club-update = 17 May 2025
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Michael Zetterer (born 12 July 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2014-15/werder-bremen-4/76053/spieler_zetterer-michael.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150130025555/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2014-15/werder-bremen-4/76053/spieler_zetterer-michael.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 30 January 2015 | title = Player's Profile: Michael Zetterer| language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 11 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spvggunterhaching.de/profis/kader/spielerportrait/show/705|title=Player's Profile: Michael Zetterer|date=|accessdate=11 March 2015|language=German|publisher=SpVgg Unterhaching}}
Club career
Zetterer started playing football with local DJK Darching in Valley, Bavaria. At the age of eleven, in 2006, he moved to the youth ranks of SpVgg Unterhaching where he passed through all the youth and the senior's reserve team. In December 2012, he signed a professional contract for three years effective 2013 until 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.merkur-online.de/sport/amateur-fussball/landkreis-muenchen-sued/spvgg-unterhaching-michael-zetterer-schneller-profi-erwartet-2678245.html|title=Michael Zetterer - Schneller Profi als erwartet|trans-title=Michael Zetterer - Sooner a pro than expected|date=27 December 2012|accessdate=11 March 2015|language=German|publisher=Merkur-Online.de}}
=SpVgg Unterhaching=
For the 2013–14 season, Zetterer first served as reserve goalkeeper behind Korbinian Müller. After Müller had shown weaknesses at set pieces, head coach Manuel Baum promoted Zetterer to the new regular goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=http://www.merkur-online.de/sport/amateur-fussball/landkreis-muenchen-sued/unterhaching-keeper-zetterer-will-ruhe-ausstrahlen-3413965.html|title=Unterhaching-Keeper Zetterer will Ruhe ausstrahlen|trans-title=Unterhaching keeper Zetterer wants to radiate a sense of calm|date=13 March 2014|accessdate=11 March 2015|language=German|publisher=Merkur-Online.de}} He made his debut on 1 March 2014, in a 4–2 loss away at Hallescher FC. Although Müller returned once between the sheets, Zetterer started in eleven of the last twelve matches of the season.
In the 2014–15 season, Zetterer remained Unterhaching's regular goalkeeper, the youngest of his kind in the 3. Liga. His performances drew the interest of the Germany national youth football team levels and several Bundesliga clubs.{{cite web|url=http://www.fussball-vorort.de/verein-SpVgg-Unterhaching/mannschaftsart-Herren/Herren-Team-SpVgg-Unterhaching/artikel-Skripnik%3A-Darum-wollten-wir-Zetterer_22183|title=Skripnik: Darum wollten wir Zetterer|trans-title=Skripnik: That's why we wanted Zetterer|date=28 January 2015|accessdate=11 March 2015|language=German|publisher=fussball-vorort.de}}
=Werder Bremen=
In January 2015, Zetterer moved to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen.{{cite web|url=http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/53338.php|title=Werder verpflichtet Torhüter-Talent Zetterer / Strebinger nach Regensburg ausgeliehen|trans-title=Werder signs goalkeeper talent Zetterer / Strebinger loaned to Regensburg|date=27 January 2015|accessdate=11 March 2015|language=German|publisher=SV Werder Bremen|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204012548/http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/53338.php|archivedate=4 February 2015}} According to media reports, he signed a contract until 2018 and cost a transfer fee of €100,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/werder-bremen/holt-zetterer-aus-der-dritten-liga-39506538.bild.html|title=Torwart-Theater immer irrer|trans-title=Fuss about goalkeepers gets crazier and crazier|date=27 January 2015|accessdate=11 March 2015|language=German|publisher=Bild}} He took up the role of second reserve keeper behind Raphael Wolf and Koen Casteels.{{cite web|title=Werder sign keeper talent Zetterer|url=https://www.werder.de/en/aktuell/news/53348.php|publisher=Werder Bremen|accessdate=29 October 2015|date=27 January 2015}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In the second half of the 2014–2015 season, Zetterer had seven appearances with Werder Bremen's reserve team contributing to its promotion from the fourth tier Regionalliga to the 3. Liga.{{cite web|title=M. Zetterer|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/michael-zetterer/259781/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=29 October 2015}}{{cite web|title=Michael Zetterer » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michael-zetterer/2/|publisher=Worldfootball|accessdate=29 October 2015}}
With Wolf injured Zetterer was second goalkeeper of the first team for most of the first half of the 2015–16 season. He made his first appearance of the season in the reserve team's 3–2 defeat of Chemnitzer FC on 1 November 2015.{{cite web|title=Werder Bremen II vs. Chemnitzer FC - 1 November 2015 - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/11/01/germany/3-liga/sv-werder-bremen-ii/chemnitzer-fc-ev/2062989/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=1 November 2015}}
Zetterer was largely kept out of action by two scaphoid fractures he suffered in 2015 and 2016, and resulting complications made a further surgery necessary in November 2017. In July 2018, he agreed a contract extension until 2019 with Werder Bremen.{{cite news |title=Werder verlängert mit Drobny und Zetterer |url=https://www.kicker.de/werder-verlaengert-mit-drobny-und-zetterer-726920/artikel |access-date=5 July 2018 |work=kicker Online |date=5 July 2018 |language=German}}
In February 2019, he joined Austria Klagenfurt on loan.{{cite web|url=https://www.skaustriaklagenfurt.at/news/neuzugang-von-werder-bremen-411|title=Neuzugang von Werder Bremen|publisher=SK Austria Klagenfurt|date=6 February 2019|accessdate=19 February 2019}}
In June, Zetterer agreed a "long-term" extension with Werder Bremen and a two-year loan move to Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle.{{cite web |title=Zetterer verlängert bei Werder - und wird nach Zwolle verliehen |url=https://www.kicker.de/zetterer-verlaengert-bei-werder---und-wird-nach-zwolle-verliehen-751856/artikel |website=kicker Online |access-date=22 June 2019 |language=German |date=22 June 2019}}
Zetterer's loan to PEC Zwolle was cut short and he again extended his contract in January 2021, after Werder Bremen agreed to loan out Stefanos Kapino.{{cite web |title=Werder holt Zetterer vorzeitig zurück |url=https://www.kicker.de/werder-holt-zetterer-vorzeitig-zurueck-4000000036670/transfermeldung |website=kicker |access-date=30 January 2021 |language=German |date=30 January 2021}}
On 11 September 2022, he made his Bundesliga debut, replacing the injured Jiří Pavlenka in a 1–0 defeat to FC Augsburg.{{cite news |title=Werder Bremen: Der besondere Moment des Michael Zetterer |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/werder/profis/werder-bremen-der-besondere-moment-des-michael-zetterer-doc7mp7cdbqxdf1ng5lho8p |access-date=17 September 2022 |work=Weser Kurier |date=11 September 2022 |language=de}}
International career
In August 2014, Zetterer was nominated for the [[Germany national under-20 football team|Germany U20 national
team]] for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://www.spvggunterhaching.de/aktuell/news/dfb-nominiert-zetterer-nach/|title=DFB nominiert Zetterer nach|trans-title=DFB calls up Zetterer as a late replacement|date=27 August 2014|accessdate=11 March 2015|language=German|publisher=SpVgg Unterhaching}} Thus far he has earned four caps for them.{{cite web|title=Michael Zetterer » Internationals|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michael-zetterer/4/|publisher=Worldfootball|accessdate=29 October 2015}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 17 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Michael Zetterer » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michael-zetterer/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=23 December 2020}}
| 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"|DFB-Pokal !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|SpVgg Unterhaching
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|3. Liga |11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15
|3. Liga |19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | ||
| SpVgg Unterhaching II
|Bayernliga Süd |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen II
|7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16
|3. Liga |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17
|3. Liga |22 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!30 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="9"|Werder Bremen
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|Bundesliga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|Bundesliga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|Bundesliga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|Bundesliga |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Bundesliga |27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25
|Bundesliga |34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!74 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 79 | 0 | ||
| Austria Klagenfurt (loan)
|14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|PEC Zwolle (loan)
|13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Eredivisie |19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!181 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{SV Werder Bremen squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zetterer, Michael}}
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Munich
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Category:SpVgg Unterhaching players
Category:SV Werder Bremen players
Category:SV Werder Bremen II players
Category:SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Austria