Yannik Keitel
{{Short description|German footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yannik Keitel
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|02|15}}
| birth_place = Breisach, Germany
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = VfB Stuttgart
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011 | youthclubs1 = SV Breisach{{cite web |title=Yannik Keitel |url=https://www.kicker.de/yannik-keitel/spieler |website=kicker Online |access-date=2 March 2020 |language=de}}
| youthyears2 = 2011–2019 | youthclubs2 = SC Freiburg
| years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = SC Freiburg II | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2020–2024 | clubs2 = SC Freiburg | caps2 = 64 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = VfB Stuttgart | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = Germany U15{{cite web |title= Yannik Keitel - Spielerprofil - DFB Datencenter |url=https://www.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/yannik-keitel/spieler |website=DFB |access-date=2 March 2020 |language=de}}
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam2 = Germany U16
| nationalcaps2 = 16
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3 = 2020–2023
| nationalteam3 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps3 = 15
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 13 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 19:14, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
}}
Yannik Keitel (born 15 February 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for {{German football updater|Stuttgart}} club VfB Stuttgart. He has represented Germany internationally at several youth levels.
Club career
Keitel joined SC Freiburg in 2010 from SV Breisach. On 29 February 2020, he made his professional debut in the Bundesliga in a 1–0 league defeat away to Borussia Dortmund. He came on as a substitute at halftime for the injured Janik Haberer.{{cite web |last1=Kleinmann |first1=Patrick |title=SC Freiburg: Yannik Keitel verblüfft nicht |url=https://www.kicker.de/keine_verblueffung_ueber_keitel_wussten_dass_er_was_kann_-771121/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=2 March 2020 |language=de |date=2 March 2020}} In April 2020, he signed his first professional contract.{{cite news |last1=Weigend |first1=David |title=Yannik Keitel erhält Profivertrag beim SC Freiburg |url=https://www.badische-zeitung.de/sport/scfreiburg/yannik-keitel-erhaelt-profivertrag-beim-sc-freiburg--184846791.html |access-date=16 April 2020 |work=Badische Zeitung |date=16 April 2020 |language=de}}
=VfB Stuttgart=
On 21 May 2024, VfB Stuttgart announced the signing of Keitel on a free transfer for the 2024–25 season.{{cite web |title=Yannik Keitel wechselt zum VfB |url=https://www.vfb.de/de/vfb/aktuell/neues/profis/2324/verpflichtung-yannik-keitel/ |website=VfB Stuttgart |language=de}} Keitel signed a contract until 2028.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 13 April 2025}}
| 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"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|SC Freiburg II
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20
|Regionalliga Südwest |17 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21
|Regionalliga Südwest |5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!23 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 3 | ||||
| rowspan="6"|SC Freiburg
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|Bundesliga |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Bundesliga |12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|Bundesliga |22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Bundesliga |14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!63 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | |
| VfB Stuttgart
|Bundesliga |10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 1 | 1{{efn|Appearance in DFL Supercup}} | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!96 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 4 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway}}
{{VfB Stuttgart squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keitel, Yannik}}
Category:Footballers from Freiburg (region)
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:SC Freiburg II players
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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