Niklas Süle

German association football player

Niklas Süle (born 3 September 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for the Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.

Niklas Süle
Süle with Germany in 2018
Personal information
Full name Niklas Süle[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Club information
Current team
Borussia Dortmund
Number 25
Youth career
2004–2006 Rot-Weiß Walldorf
2006–2009 Eintracht Frankfurt
2009–2010 SV Darmstadt 98
2010–2013 1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 1899 Hoffenheim II 6 (0)
2013–2017 1899 Hoffenheim 107 (7)
2017–2022 Bayern Munich 114 (6)
2022– Borussia Dortmund 49 (3)
National team
2010–2011 Germany U16 10 (2)
2011–2012 Germany U17 17 (3)
2012–2013 Germany U18 4 (0)
2013 Germany U19 3 (0)
2014–2016 Germany U21 15 (1)
2016 Germany U23 6 (0)
2016– Germany 49 (1)
Honours
Representing  Germany
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 2017
Summer Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:28, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:52, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Career statistics change

Club change

As of match played 13 April 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 4 0 4 0
2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest 2 0 2 0
Total 6 0 6 0
1899 Hoffenheim 2012–13 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 4 0
2013–14 Bundesliga 25 4 3 1 28 5
2014–15 Bundesliga 15 1 2 0 17 1
2015–16 Bundesliga 33 0 1 0 34 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 33 2 1 0 34 2
Total 107 7 7 1 2 0 116 8
Bayern Munich 2017–18 Bundesliga 27 2 5 0 9[b] 0 1[c] 0 42 2
2018–19 Bundesliga 31 2 4 0 6[b] 0 1[c] 0 42 2
2019–20 Bundesliga 8 0 1 0 6[b] 0 1[c] 0 16 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 20 1 2 0 7[b] 1 4[d] 0 33 2
2021–22 Bundesliga 28 1 2 0 7[b] 0 1[c] 0 38 1
Total 114 6 14 0 35 1 8 0 171 7
Borussia Dortmund 2022–23 Bundesliga 29 2 4 0 8[b] 0 41 2
2023–24 Bundesliga 20 1 2 0 5[b] 0 27 1
Total 49 3 6 0 13 0 68 3
Career total 276 16 27 1 48 1 10 0 362 18
  1. Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. One appearance in DFL-Supercup, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International change

As of match played 17 October 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2016 1 0
2017 7 0
2018 8 1
2019 8 0
2020 5 0
2021 8 0
2022 8 0
2023 4 0
Total 49 1
As of match played 26 September 2022. Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.[5]
List of international goals scored by Niklas Süle
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2018 Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany   Russia 2–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours change

Bayern Munich[5]

Germany Olympic

Germany

Individual

  • UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2017[12]
  • Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2016–17[13]

References change

  1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. "Niklas Süle: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. "Niklas Süle". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. "Niklas Süle | Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Niklas Süle at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 October 2017.  
  6. "Bayern Munich crowned Bundesliga champions". Bundesliga. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. "Robert Lewandowski double as Bayern Munich overcome Borussia Dortmund to win the Supercup". Bundesliga Official. Bundesliga. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. "Bayern win the Champions League". ESPN. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  9. "Pavard completes sextuple for dominant Bayern". FIFA.com. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. "Rio 2016 Football Results Book: Medallists". Olympic World Library. 20 August 2016. p. 7. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  11. "Match report: Chile – Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
  12. "Champions League breakthrough team of 2017". UEFA.com: The official website for European football. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  13. "Official Bundesliga Team of the Season for 2016/17". Bundesliga. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  14. "Sechs Klubs vertreten: Die kicker-Elf der Saison 2021/22". kicker.de (in German). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.