Johannes Eggestein (German pronunciation: [joˈhanəs ˈʔɛɡəʃtaɪ̯n, -nɛs -];[1][2] born 8 May 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as striker for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli. He has represented Germany internationally at youth levels U15 through U21.
 Eggestein with Werder Bremen in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hanover, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | FC St. Pauli | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| TSV Schloß Ricklingen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2013 | TSV Havelse | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Werder Bremen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Werder Bremen II | 31 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Werder Bremen | 48 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → LASK (loan) | 28 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Antwerp | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | FC St. Pauli | 50 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Germany U15 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Germany U16 | 9 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Germany U17 | 18 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Germany U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Germany U20 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Germany U21 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editYouth career
editEggestein started his youth career at TSV Schloß Ricklingen and played there until 2013 when he moved to TSV Havelse.
Since 2013, Eggestein has played for Werder Bremen. In all three years he played for Bremen's youth team he finished as top scorer among the players.[3]
Werder Bremen
editOn 2 June 2016, Eggestein signed his first professional contract, which lasts until 2019.[4]
On 22 August 2016, he made his professional and first-team debut in Werder Bremen's first-round DFB-Pokal defeat to Sportfreunde Lotte being substituted on in place of Lennart Thy in the 62nd minute.[5] Four days later, he scored his first professional goal in the reserves' 4–2 win against VfL Osnabrück in the 3. Liga.[6]
On 18 August 2018, Eggestein scored his first goal for the first team, in a 6–1 win against Wormatia Worms in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[7] On 8 April 2019, Werder Bremen announced the extension of his contract.[8]
On 5 October 2020, the last day of the 2020 summer transfer window, Eggestein moved to Austrian Bundesliga club LASK on loan for the 2020–21 season.[9][10]
Antwerp
editEggestein moved to Belgian First Division A club Antwerp on 5 August 2021.[11]
FC St. Pauli
editOn 21 June 2022, Eggestein returned to Germany and signed for 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli.[12]
Personal life
editEggestein is the son of former footballer Karl Eggestein who played for TSV Havelse among other clubs in the 2. Bundesliga. His brother Maximilian Eggestein plays for SC Freiburg.
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | 28 | 5 | |||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 5 | 8 | 1 | – | 53 | 6 | |||
| Werder Bremen II | 2016–17 | 3. Liga | 15 | 3 | – | – | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | 16 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 3 | – | – | 31 | 3 | ||||
| LASK (loan) | 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 28 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6[b] | 2 | 39 | 20 |
| Royal Antwerp | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| FC St. Pauli | 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 5 | |
| 2023–24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | – | 14 | 8 | |||
| Total | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | – | 37 | 13 | |||
| Career total | 154 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 185 | 42 | ||
- ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Austrian Cup, Belgian Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
editFC St. Pauli
References
edit- ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 332, 487. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
- ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 466, 628. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
- ^ Gute Karten bei Super-Talent Eggestein by kicker.de on 9 March 2016, accessed on 2 June 2016
- ^ "Johannes Eggestein unterschreibt Profi-Vertrag". Radio Bremen (in German). 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Sportfreunde Lotte - Werder Bremen 2:1, DFB-Pokal, Saison 2016/17, 1.Spieltag - Spielbericht - kicker". kicker Online (in German). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "U23 feiert ersten Heimsieg der Saison". Kreiszeitung (in German). 22 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Johannes Eggestein: Die wichtige Erkenntnis". kicker Online (in German). 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Sander, Carsten (8 April 2019). "Johannes Eggestein bleibt bei Werder". Deichstube (in German). Kreiszeitung. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Bürger, Malte; Bähr, Christoph (5 October 2020). "Werder verleiht Johannes Eggestein". Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Tottenham wartet: Johannes Eggestein spielt mit Linz in Europa". kicker (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Perfekt: Johannes Eggestein verlässt Werder Bremen". kicker (in German). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "FC St. Pauli verpflichtet Jojo Eggestein". kicker (in German). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Johannes Eggestein » Club matches". Worldfootball. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Germany - J. Eggestein". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
External links
edit- Johannes Eggestein at DFB (also available in German)
- Johannes Eggestein at WorldFootball.net