Noah Katterbach
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Noah Katterbach
| fullname =
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|4|13}}
| birth_place = Simmerath, Germany
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Hamburger SV
| clubnumber = 33
| youthclubs1 = TuS DJK Dreiborn
| youthyears1 = 2004—2008
| youthclubs2 = 1. FC Köln
| youthyears2 = 2008–2019
| years1 = 2019–2024
| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln II
| caps1 = 29
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2019–2024
| clubs2 = 1. FC Köln
| caps2 = 40
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2022
| clubs3 = → Basel (loan)
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2023
| clubs4 = → Hamburger SV (loan)
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2024–
| clubs5 = Hamburger SV
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = Germany U16
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = Germany U17
| nationalcaps2 = 12
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2018
| nationalteam3 = Germany U18
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2019
| nationalteam4 = Germany U19
| nationalcaps4 = 5
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2020
| nationalteam5 = Germany U20
| nationalcaps5 = 1
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2021–
| nationalteam6 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps6 = 13
| nationalgoals6 = 1
| club-update = 24 December 2024
| nationalteam-update = 18:28, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
}}
Noah Katterbach (born 13 April 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for {{German football updater|Hamburg}} club Hamburger SV. He has won the Fritz Walter Medal in Gold in two consecutive year groups (under-17 and under-19).
Club career
Katterbach spent the majority of his youth career at 1. FC Köln, starting at the under-8 level. In 2018, he was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in Gold, honouring the best German player in the under-17 age group.{{cite web|url=https://www.fritz-walter-stiftung.de/wettbewerbe/fritz-walter-medaille/2018.html|title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille 2018|website=fritz-walter-stiftung.de|date=5 October 2019}}
On 5 October 2019, he made his professional debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Schalke, making him the youngest player to appear in the Bundesliga that year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/schalke-cologne-live-line-ups-stats-mckennie-harit-modeste-kenny-hector-7314|title=Jonas Hector strikes late as Cologne snatch dramatic draw at Schalke|website=bundesliga.com|date=5 October 2019}} During the 2019–20 season, Katterbach established himself in the club's first team squad and made 18 league appearances. In May 2020, it was announced that he had signed a contract extension keeping him at Köln until 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/koeln_bindet_top_talent_katterbach-775295/artikel|title=Köln bindet Top-Talent Katterbach|website=Kicker|access-date=10 May 2020}}
On 19 August 2020, Katterbach was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in Gold for the second time, this time honouring him as the best German player in the under-19 age group.{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/fritz-walter-medaille/preistraeger-2020/|title=Preisträger 2020|website=DFB.de|date=19 August 2020}} On 18 January 2022, Köln announced on their website that they had transferred Katterbach to the Swiss Super League club FC Basel.{{Cite web|url=https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/fc-verleiht-noah-katterbach/|title=FC verleiht Noah Katterbach|access-date=2022-01-18|website=fc.de|language=de}}
On the same day, Basel announced in a press-release that Katterbach had signed a one calendar year contract with them, including the option of a definitive transfer.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 18 January 2022 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/de/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2022/01/noah-katterbach/ | title = #SALINOAH: Noah Katterbach leihweise zum FCB | format = | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | access-date = 2022-01-18}} On 30 January, after playing in three test games, Katterbach made his domestic league debut in an away game at Swissporarena as Basel played against Luzern. He was shown a yellow card in the 52nd minute, but also gave the final pass in the 85th minute as Darian Males scored the team's second goal, as FCB achieved a 3–0 victory.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 30 January 2022 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/matchcenter/startcenter/61ee4e85d951ad103122ebc0/2021-FC_Luzern_-_FC_Basel_1893 | title = FC Luzern - FC Basel 0:3 (0:0) | format = | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | access-date = 2021-11-16}} He scored his first goal for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 19 February 2022. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 3–0 against Lausanne-Sport.{{cite web | first = | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 19 February 2022 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/matchcenter/startcenter/61ee4e85d951ad103122ebf4/2021-FC_Basel_1893_-_FC_Lausanne-Sport | title = Hochverdienter 3:0-Erfolg gegen Lausanne-Sport | format = | work = Well-deserved 3-0 win against Lausanne-Sport | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | access-date = 2022-02-19}}
At the end of the loan period, the club decided not to activate the take-over option on the player. During his time with the club Katterbach played a total of 42 games for Basel scoring the afore mentioned one league goal. 21 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, two in the Swiss Cup, ten in the UEFA Europa Conference League and nine were friendly games.{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2023 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=10244 | title = Noah Katterbach - FCB statistics | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2023-01-17}}
On 17 January 2023, Hamburger SV announced on the club's website that they had signed Katterbach on a loan contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/katterbach-suche-immer-die-spielerische-loesung |title=KATTERBACH: "SUCHE IMMER DIE SPIELERISCHE LÖSUNG" |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Hamburger SV |language=de}}
On 31 January 2024, Katterbach returned to Hamburger SV on a long-term contract.{{cite web|publisher=Hamburger SV|url=https://www.hsv.de/en/news/hsv-sign-katterbach|title=HSV SIGN KATTERBACH|date=31 January 2024|access-date=31 January 2024}}
International career
Katterbach has represented Germany at several youth levels, beginning with the U 16 team in 2017. Most recently, he played for his country's U 20 squad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/noah-katterbach/spieler|title=Noah Katterbach Spielerprofil|access-date=2021-07-22|website=dfb.de}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 10 December 2023}}{{Soccerway|noah-katterbach/496931}}
| 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 |
| rowspan="5"|1. FC Köln II
|5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21
|Regionalliga West |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|Regionalliga West |18 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24
|Regionalliga West |5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="4"|1. FC Köln
|18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|Bundesliga |21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in Bundesliga play-offs}} | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Bundesliga |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Basel (loan)
|15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2022–23
|Swiss Super League |6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| Hamburger SV (loan)
|11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!101 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 1 |
;Notes
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Honours
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal U17 Gold: 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fritz-walter-medaille-in-gold-an-havertz-katterbach-und-pawollek-190126/|title=FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN HAVERTZ, KATTERBACH UND PAWOLLEK |language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=9 August 2018|access-date=12 December 2018}}
- Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold: 2020{{cite web |title=Wirtz, Katterbach und Oberdorf erhalten Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold |url=https://www.kicker.de/wirtz_katterbach_und_oberdorf_erhalten_fritz_walter_medaille_in_gold-782268/artikel |website=kicker |language=de-DE |date=19 August 2020}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Hamburger SV squad}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Under-17}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Under-19}}
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